PPP’s Farooq Naek quits Judicial Commission

Summary

• In a letter addressed to Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Naek thanked the government for appointing him to the commission from the treasury benches.
• Naek represented PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari before the Supreme Court in a presidential reference related to the murder of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
• He later served as federal law minister and represented the government in a major corruption case involving Zardari.

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Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Farooq H. Naek has resigned from the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), the constitutional body responsible for appointments to the superior judiciary.

Naek confirmed his resignation on Wednesday. He said he stepped down because of personal commitments.

In a letter addressed to Senate Chairman Yousuf Raza Gilani and Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, Naek thanked the government for appointing him to the commission from the treasury benches.