The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Attorney General Irfan Qadir could not serve as the prosecutor in a contempt of court case against real estate tycoon Malik Riaz. A two-member SC bench of Justice Ejaz Afzal and Justice Ejaz Ahmed Chaudhry announced the verdict. The SC also sought a list of senior lawyers from the registrar to appoint a prosecutor in the case. The SC detached Qadir from the case due to his biased behavior. The bench had reserved the judgment on Monday.
On Monday, Justice Afzal told the AG that it would not be appropriate for the AG to serve as prosecutor in the case. Meanwhile, the AG also submitted a request to make Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry a witness in the case, adopting the position that judges had appeared before the court in the past. The AG added that it was important for the chief justice to appear before the court in order to prove Malik Riaz wrong.