17/09/2025
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Issue of law, law fields, suspension of Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, judicial justice system & Great Pakistan....
The recent suspension of Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri from his judicial duties by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has set in motion a series of steps. Here is a breakdown.
✅On September 16, 2025, an IHC bench led by Chief Justice Sardar Mohammad Sarfraz Dogar barred Justice Jahangiri from performing judicial duties. This suspension order reads as 'Since, the matter in hand revolves around the most sensitive question involving capacity & eligibility of a Judge of this Court to hold his office, therefore, appearing it more apposite, appropriate and expedient, till the final decision of the Supreme Judicial Council, Respondent No.1 justice Jahangiri is hereby restrained to hold the Court,".
✅The suspension is a result of a petition challenging Justice Jahangiri's appointment, alleging that his LLB degree from the University of Karachi is "invalid."
✅The petition reportedly cites records from the University of Karachi, which show two different enrollment numbers for Justice Jahangiri's LLB Part-I and Part-II examinations. A letter, purportedly from the university's controller of examinations, also began circulating on social media, suggesting the degree was "invalid."
✅The Karachi University Syndicate had previously annulled the degree in August 2024.
✅However, the Sindh High Court later suspended that decision in September 2024.
✅Justice Jahangiri was one of five judges who had previously challenged the transfer of Chief Justice Dogar. He was also among a group of judges who wrote a letter to the Supreme Judicial Council alleging interference by intelligence agencies in judicial matters. Just before the controversy over his degree surfaced, he was hearing election petitions related to alleged rigging.
✅Justice Jahangiri has also been part of benches that heard other significant cases, including an appeal by former Prime Minister Imran Khan in the Toshakhana corruption case and a case related to a corruption reference against Imran Khan and his wife.
✅Reports indicate that Justice Jahangiri plans to challenge the IHC's decision to suspend him before the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
✅The case raises a fundamental constitutional questions that a judge can only be removed through the SJC under Article 209 of the Constitution.
✅Justice Safdar Shah was one of the dissenting judges who acquitted Bhutto in the initial verdict (though the majority opinion upheld the conviction). However, the main controversy erupted after he gave an interview to the BBC, where he commented on the case after the review petition was dismissed.
✅This interview was seen as an act of misconduct that challenged the military regime. He was made accused of having a fraudulent academic certificate (a law degree) and of having changed his age to secure a job extension.
✅A case was filed against him in the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC). After his resignation, he was "so tightly squeezed by the authorities that after his resignation, he fled to Kabul where he spoke to the media to explain his viewpoint."
✅But Justice Tariq Jahangiri case is not a perfect parallel to the Justice Ghulam Safdar Shah case. Because Justice Safdar Shahs case ended with him being resigned and then flee the country, While justice Jahangiri case is still in progress. He has not resigned or fled the country.
