Mohsin Baig case: Government to file reference against judge for declaring Federal Investigation Agency raid illegal
The government has decided to file a reference against Islamabad’s Additional Session Judge Zafar Iqbal for declaring the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) raid illegal at senior journalist Mohsin Baig’s home, Geo News reported.
On Wednesday a court in Islamabad declared the FIA’s raid at journalist Mohsin Baig’s residence illegal, hours after he had been arrested.
“…illegal raid was conducted at the house of [Baig] by irrelevant persons who were not authorised to do so,” Additional Sessions Judge Islamabad West Zafar Iqbal said in the judgement of a petition filed against the journalist’s arrest.
In connection with Mohsin Baig’s case, Advocate General (AG) Islamabad Niazullah Niazi met Prime Minister Imran Khan and briefed him about the case hearing.
After meeting with the Prime Minister, Advocate General Islamabad Niazullah Niazi told Geo News that an administrative petition will be filed in Islamabad High Court (IHC) against Additional Session Judge Zafar Iqbal, who presided over the hearing of Mohsin Baig’s case regarding the FIA raid at his home.
The government in the petition will plea to IHC Chief Justice to act against the Additional Session Judge of Islamabad, he added.
He stated that Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that no one is above the law.
Mohsin Baig fired at agency officers while the session judge had exceeded his mandate in the verdict, he said.
Niazullah Niazi went on to say that the judge’s observations during the case hearing were prejudiced and outside of his jurisdiction. He claimed that the same observation had been used to dismiss the FIR filed against journalist Mohsin Baig.
Later, talking on Geo News Programme Aaj Shahzaib Khanzada Kay Saath, AG Islamabad Niazullah Niazi said that we will approach Chief Justice IHC regarding the session court judge’s verdict, adding that, “no illegal action will be taken against any judge.”
In response to a question, he stated that the reference against the session judge will not jeopardise the independence of the judiciary.
Neither the prime minister nor the lawyer accepts any kind of pressure on the judiciary, but no one should be above the law, he said.
Source: Geo News
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