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A meeting of the Supreme Judicial Council held here on Saturday continued proceedings on the complaint, received from the Chief Justice of Sindh High Court against Justice Muhammad Afzal Soomro, Judge of the same court. The meeting was held under the Chairmanship of Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, who is also Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council.
Justice Muhammad Afzal Soomro did not appear before the Council despite service of notice and knowledge of proceedings against him. The Council recorded evidence of one of the witnesses and postponed the hearing for recording the statement of the Registrar of Sindh High Court on the next date of hearing as he has been directed to produce the documents, details of which have been handed over to him.
The Council observed that the respondent, Justice Muhammad Afzal Soomro, is at liberty to join the proceedings on the next date of hearing, if he so desires. The Council will resume proceedings on October 3 at Supreme Court, Islamabad.
The meeting was also attended by Justice Javed Iqbal, Justice Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan, Senior Judges, Supreme Court, Justice Tariq Pervez, Chief Justice, Peshawar High Court, Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif, Chief Justice, Lahore High Court and Dr Faqir Hussain, Registrar, Supreme Court of Pakistan/Secretary, Supreme Judicial Council.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2009

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