ISLAMABAD:Former Gilgit-Baltistan chief justice Rana Shamim filed an intra-court appeal in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday, challenging his indictment in the affidavit case.
The former CJ claimed that barring those who published the affidavit – accusing former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar of influencing the case against former premier Nawaz Sharif – in a newspaper and “indicting me alone is unconstitutional”.
Justice Rana Shamim requested the court to quash the case by declaring the indictment order null and void, adding that there was nothing on record to prove that he provided the affidavit.
Justice Shamim also made journalist Ansar Abbasi, the bureau chief and editor-in-chief of the said publication parties to the case. He questioned how the court will ascertain how Ansar Abbasi got hold of the affidavit if the latter will be excluded from trial.
“The main accused in the case was discharged on the assurance of private persons. The law does not envisage doing so on the assurance of private individuals,” he added.
