ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has summoned Nawaz Sharif today (Tuesday) in a 1985 case regarding illegal construction of shops on shrine land in Pakpattan.
Sharif was the chief minister of Punjab during that period three decades ago.
This will be for the first time that Mr. Sharif will appear in person before the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mian Saqib Nisar. During the hearing, the lawyer of the former PM had submitted response on behalf of his client.
The court had ordered the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader to appear in person before the apex court.
During the last hearing on Oct 19, Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, during the hearing, asked defence lawyer Iftikhar Gillani, “Under which law, the shops were built on the shrine land?”
The lawyer responded that the court after 29 years stating that the notification was unconstitutional. The CJP reprimanded the counsel and said: “The court is responsible for supremacy of the Constitution. My benches will hear your cases,” he added.
The bench was informed that 8,000 kanal land of the Pakpattan shrine belonging to the Auqaf department was sold as per a 1985 order. “However, later the Auqaf department declared it a charitable endowment and a court judgment has also been passed in this regard,” the counsel informed the court.
The chief justice also inquired about the Auqaf secretary in 1985 who issued the orders. “We will issue a notice to him as well,” he remarked. The additional advocate general Punjab informed the chief justice that then Auqaf secretary had passed away.
The defence counsel added that: “If you want to issue notices then issue them to all owners of such properties across Pakistan. There are 8,000 such people.” “We will issue notices to everyone,” Justice Nisar responded.
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