Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) senior leader Fawad Chaudhry has said in an interview that the party respects Justice Qazi Faez Isa who is set to become the next Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) later this year.
In an interview with WE news, he said, “We have a relationship of respect with Justice Faez Isa”, adding that he disapproved the idea of filing a reference against the top judge.
He said when the current government files a reference against the judiciary, it means they want to put the judges under pressure.
“The government must allow the judiciary to function independently,” he asserted.
In 2020, Justice Faez was accused of concealing assets and PTI filed a reference against him. Justice Isa then asked the Supreme Court that a full bench be constituted, a plea that was accepted by then CJP Asif Saeed Khosa and after a months-long trial, a full bench of the apex court dismissed the petition against him.
Later, Khan himself accepted his mistake of filing a presidential reference against the judge.
During the interview, Fawad Chaudhry once again said that the former ruling party is ready for talks. He mentioned that the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir has also talked about the consensus but as of yet no effort has been made.
Talking about PM Shehbaz, Chaudhry said that he is running from the elections and is being “non-serious”.
He claimed that “they [government] want martial law in the country”.
