Such uncalled for remarks are against oath and code of conduct of judges themselves, a statement issued by an unnamed spokesperson of govt
\nNews Desk
\nIslamabad
\nThe rift between the federal government and judiciary created after Pakistan Muslim League \u2013 Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nehal Hashmi\u2019s controversial speech seems to have deepened. On Friday, the attorney-general appeared in the chamber of Chief Justice Justice Mian Saqib Nisar.
\nJustice Nisar has taken suo moto notice of the \u2018threatening\u2019 speech of Hashmi. The judge had summoned the attorney-general in his chamber after taking notice of a statement issued by the federal government that criticised the judges\u2019 remarks.
\nOn Thursday, the government reacted angrily to the remarks made by a three-member Supreme Court bench overseeing the implementation of the Panamagate verdict.
\nThe PML-N government, through a statement, criticised the judges for their remarks given earlier in the day in which they censured the representatives of the government for trying to \u2018politicise\u2019 the probe into the Sharif family\u2019s offshore assets exposed in the Panama Papers.
\n\u201cSuch uncalled for remarks are against the oath and code of conduct of judges themselves,\u201d a statement issued by an unnamed spokesperson of the federal government said.
\nWithout naming the judge, the spokesperson said it was unfortunate that one of the judges labelled the government the \u2018Sicilian Mafia\u2019 and called the attorney-general for Pakistan their representative.
\n\u201cSuch remarks have damaged Pakistan\u2019s identity and sanctity in the world,\u201d the statement said, adding that it was wrong to say that the government took action against Hashmi only after the court issued him contempt notice.
\n\u201cIn fact, the government took [Hashmi\u2019s remarks] very seriously and took action against the senator on its own,\u201d read the statement. \u201cIt is on record that his remarks came in the media at 10:50am on May 31 and immediately after that the minister for information said such remarks could be Nehal\u2019s personal point of view.\u201d
\nThe statement claimed that as soon as a meeting of the national security committee concluded on Wednesday, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif summoned Hashmi and sought an explanation. On finding his explanation unsatisfactory, the government directed him to resign from the Senate, it said, adding that all of this was done before the Supreme Court took notice of his speech.
\nInterestingly, the statement was issued by the federal government on plain paper, not on an official letterhead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Such uncalled for remarks are against oath and code of conduct of judges themselves, a statement issued by an unnamed spokesperson of govt News Desk Islamabad The rift between the federal government and judiciary created after Pakistan Muslim League \u2013 Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nehal Hashmi\u2019s controversial speech seems to have deepened. On Friday, the attorney-general […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-news"],"yoast_head":"\n