Iman Mazari, CJ Dogar comes in verbal quarrel at IHC

The hearing of a petition to remove the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) -Leader Mahrung Baloch’s name from Exit Control List (ECL) became intense Thursday, with a verbal quarrel that broke out between Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Sardar Sarfraz Dogar and the attorney’s lawyer, spokesman.

You must keep your mouth shut and remain within the limits of respect, ”said CJ Dogar, annoyed by prior remarks from Mazari apparently out of reach of the case. He referred to her, who called him a” dictator “and refused to issue any directives on the current question.

During the hearing, the court was assessed by the Deputy Attorney for Pakistan Arshad Kayani that cabinet approval would be needed before a decisive decision could be made to remove Mahrung’s name from ECL.

However, CJ Dogar said to lead his comments in Mazari and said, “Mrs. Mazari will go downstairs and hold a program that says a dictator is in court.”

Without specifying which comments CJ was an objection to, Mazari insisted that her personal opinions were protected under freedom of speech and should not affect her client’s case. “I’m here with one [legal] Short, not in a personal feature. “

The heated exchange continued with CJ Dogar, who warned the petitioner’s attorney for possible contempt fees. Adding fuel to the fire he turned to Mazari’s husband and co -lawyer, lawyer Hadi Ali Chatta, and said, “Hadi SaHib, explain it to her … if I catch her one day …”

Mazari later went to X to reintroduce that she was present in IHC on behalf of her client not as “activist Imaan Mazari”. She emphasized that she was conducting herself “according to professional label (and a court should do the same)”.

During the consultation, Mazari remained unnoticed and maintained that the court was now “threatening” lawyers. “Go ahead with the contempt procedure,” she said, before the Deputy Attorney’s Interjection About the Cabinet.

The consultation was postponed without any significant progress in the case.