The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a request by a petitioner to change her counsel in a review petition. A clerk named Nuzhat Begum of postal department in a review petition requested the court to allow her to change her counsel, but the court turned it down.

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Mazhar Alam Khan Miankhel heard the case.

The Chief Justice remarked that change of counsel is not allowed in review petitions. He observed that Nuzhat Begum made properties worth millions of rupees in two years service in postal department.

Bank accounts also came out of Nezhat Begum's sister, he said, adding the explanation given by Nuzhat regarding her assets was not acceptable. Nuzhat's husband was also an employee of postal department, he noted.

The Chief Justice remarked that her other sentences are ended and decision regarding fine amount is upheld only for being a woman.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2019