Justice Mansoor Ali Shah among five judges skip Qazi Faez Isa’s farewell dinner

Five Supreme Court judges have skipped Chief Justice Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa’s farewell reception, including senior puisne Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah.

The Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) and the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) hosted the dinner on Thursday night on the eve of CJP Isa’s retirement on October 25.

Justice Munib Akhtar, Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Ayesha Malik, and Justice Shahid Waheed, along with Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, remain absent at the reception of Qazi Faez Isa.

However, Justice Yahya Khan Afridi, Justice Musarrat Hilali, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, Justice Jamal Mandokhail, Justice Aminuddin Khan, Justice Aqeel Abbasi, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Irfan Saadat Khan and Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan attended the dinner.

Chief Justice of Lahore High Court (LHC) and Islamabad High Court (IHC) were also among the attendees of Chief Justice Pakistan’s reception.

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah has gone for Umrah along with his family on Wednesday. He was all ready to become the next Chief Justice of Pakistan before the passing of the 26th Constitutional Amendment.

A Special Parliamentary Committee nominated the third senior most judge in the Supreme Court, Yahya Afridi, as the next CJP, and he will take the oath on October 26 (tomorrow).

As per Dawn News, the next Chief Justice, Yahya Afridi, at his expense, will hold the luncheon in honour of Qazi Faez Isa today (Friday), as CJP Isa had declined the farewell meal at government expense.