Justice Mazahar Naqvi resigns as SC judge

Justice Naqvi says “it is no longer possible” for him to continue serving as a Supreme Court judge.
Justice Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi of the Supreme Court has resigned due to misconduct allegations.

“It was an honor to be appointed and serve as a judge of the Lahore High Court in Lahore, followed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. In light of the circumstances, which are public knowledge and, to some extent, public record, I am unable to continue serving as a Judge of Pakistan’s Supreme Court. Due process considerations also compel me to do so,” the judge wrote in his resignation letter to President Arif Alvi.

“I, therefore. effective today resign as a Judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan,” the letter said.

The development came a day after the Supreme Court declined to halt the proceedings being conducted by the SJC against Justice Naqvi with the ruling that without hearing the case on merits, stay cannot be granted.

A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan and comprising Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Justice Musrat Hilali, heard the petition of Justice Mazahar, challenging the SJC proceedings as well as the show cause notice issued to him on the charge of misconduct.