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New Delhi: Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, who was slated to become the next Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), tendered his resignation Thursday, Pakistani media reported...
The development comes two days after another Pakistani Supreme Court judge, Justice Sayyed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi, resigned, amid an investigation into misconduct charges against him...
Ahsan had raised questions about the ongoing judicial investigation against Naqvi, Pakistani daily Dawn reported, and the developments have sparked upheaval in the countrys top court just as Pakistan prepares to hold elections...
Ahsan was part of the five-member bench of the Supreme Court that delivered a verdict disqualifying Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) leader Nawaz Sharif as Prime Minister in 2017 following the high-profile Panamagate revelations...
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