ZAB reference:Justice Tariq quits

ISLAMABAD: Former president Supreme Court Bar Association, former Justice Tariq Mehmood has excused from becoming amicus curie in presidential reference, Geo New reported.

The bench resumed hearing of a presidential reference regarding revisiting of late premier Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's murder case sent to it under Article 186 invoking its advisory jurisdiction.

The larger bench comprising the Chief Justice, Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Nasir ul Mulk, Justice Jawwad S. Khawja, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Justice Tariq Parvez, Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, Justice Sarmad Jalal Osmani and Justice Amir Hani Muslim, took up the Presidential reference sent to apex Court under Article 186.

The court asked the federation if there was any instance that any closed case had ever been revived under the presidential reference.

Babar Awan, counsel for referring authority continued his arguments. During the proceedings amicus curie former Justice Tariq Mehmood asked the court to relieve him of his responsibility as a party in the case.
The court accepted his request.