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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday stopped former law minister and the counsel for the federal government Babar Awan from submitting documents regarding Justice Saqib Nisar, FTNews reported.
A 17-judge full court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chadhry resumed the hearing of the government’s review petition against its judgment which had declared the controversial National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) illegal.
Awan concluded his arguments today and tried to submit documents relating to Justice Saqib but the bench stopped him.
Awan reacted by saying that he was not being allow to speak. Responding to this, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa remarked that the counsel should present arguments “instead of trying to act like a martyr”.
During the hearing, Chief Justice Iftikhar remarked that Benazir Bhutto was not the sort of persona who would sign the NRO deal, adding that she would not have played an active part in the lawyers’ movement if she had wanted to opt for the deal.
He furthered said that Ms Bhutto had noted in her book that it was former president Pervez Musharraf who had wanted the NRO.
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