The Islamabad High Court has replied to a letter penned by Senator Faisal Vawda to its registrar seeking disclosure of the correspondence between Justice Babar Sattar and then-IHC CJ Athar Minallah about the former’s green card.
The IHC registrar said: “The information sought by the high court from lawyers being considered for elevation/appointment as judge does not include information regarding residency and/or citizenship of any country other than Pakistan.”
He added, in the reply on behalf of IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, that such residency/citizenship is not a disqualification for a judge under the country’s Constitution.
Senator Vawda’s letter, sent to the IHC on April 30, had referred to the campaign on the social media against Justice Babar Sattar accusing him of holding a nationality of the United States and having a business interest in a private school in the country.
The former federal minister said that he penned a letter to the IHC in April but he hasn’t received a reply yet.
