Pakistan Judge removed from post

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A Pakistani District Judge serving in the countrys Punjab province has been removed by the authorities for allegedly admonishing the defence secretary Hamooduz Zaman, who is a former general of the Army, for failing to comply with a court order...

Waris Ali, who was serving as the Additional District & Sessions Judge (ADSJ) in Rawalpindi, was removed from his post on Saturday and moved to Lahore after declaring him an Officer on Special Duty (OSD), a term used for those government officials who are not assigned any job but they continue to receive salaries...

The Honourable Chief Justice and judges are pleased to post Mr Waris Ali, ADSJ, Rawalpindi as OSD at Sessions Court, Lahore in the public interest, with immediate effect, reads a notification issued by the Lahore High Court (LHC) registrar Sheikh Khalid Bashir...

The LHC, which administratively controls all district judges in the Punjab province, took action against ADSJ Ali a day after he admonished defence secretary retired Lt Gen Hamooduz Zaman...

Ali apparently drew the higher-ups ire after hearing a case on Friday when he ordered the federal government to remove Defence Secretary Zaman, a report in the Dawn newspaper said...

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