In a rare development, the Supreme Court\u2019s second senior-most judge after the incumbent chief justice, Ijaz Ul Ahsan, resigned. According to sources, Ahsan, who is among the senior most judges of the top court, has sent his resignation to President Arif Alvi, raising questions over his untimely departure. The major event comes within a day of Justice (retd) Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi\u2019s resignation, which has also been accepted by the president. Both the judges were considered \u2018close\u2019 to former CJP Umar Ata Bandial, with analysts noting that the jurists were involved in issuing controversial orders \u2014 along with another judge, Justice Munib Akhtar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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