Justice Athar Minallah of Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday refused to proceed with the case of bureaucrats' promotion. Divisional bench of IHC headed by Justice Athar Minnallah resumed hearing of Intra Court Appeal (ICA) filed by Government against IHC order issued in case pertaining to promotion of bureaucrats. Justice Athar Minnallah observed that some applicants are his friends and he is being pressurised for favour thus he refused to take up the case. Justice Athar Minnallah referred the case to Chief Justice IHC to fix it before some other bench.