ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Tuesday, issuing a clarification on the recently aired news about Justice Umar Ata Bandial ‘removal’ from a special bench constituted to hear National Accountability Bureau’s (NAB) appeals against the Avenfield verdict, said Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel replaced Justice Bandial as latter was too ill to be a part of the bench.
“It is clarified that the news item is totally baseless, concocted and false. The factual position is that the Justice Umar Ata Bandial was not feeling well hence, the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), who is heading the bench, reconstituted the bench,” said a statement issued by the top court.
“Moreover, the CJP has taken serious notice of this false news item aired by different news channels and has asked both the chief executive officers (CEO) and owners of these channels to appear before the special bench headed by himself tomorrow (Wednesday) in order to clarify and explain the reasons for airing this fake news,” it concluded.
