ISLAMABAD (Web Desk): Supreme Court on Thursday has allowed wife of Justice Qazi Faez Isa to record her statement via video link in property related matter.
During the hearing on Justice Qazi Faez Isa’s petition in which he maintained that the presidential reference against him is based on malafide intent, Justice Umar Ata Bandial said that the statement will be recorded in the afternoon.
The judge requested Justice Qazi to ask his wife to talk briefly and take care of court decorum.
Earlier, Defence lawyer Farogh Naseem told that Prime Minister Imran Khan and President Arif Alvi respect the supremacy of court.
Justice Qazi Faez appeared in the court and recorded his arguments. My wife wants to present her stance in SC via video link as she is not willing to tell anything to FBR, he stated.
In a new written response submitted by Justice Qazi Faez Isa with the Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) in the presidential reference filed against him, the judge has accused Prime Minister Imran Khan and several other politicians of possessing offshore companies.
The 116-page response submitted with the apex court by advocate Munir A Malik on behalf of his client, pointed out that several personalities had concealed their assets abroad through offshore companies, and PM Imran was prominent amongst them.
Justice Isa maintained that his wife and children had never concealed any assets abroad using offshore companies, and the properties they own were bought in their own names.