Fawad Chaudhry, special adviser to the Prime Minister, said the case was
highly political and designed to deflect attention from the chief justice’s
own problems.
“There’s an allegation of $4m against the Chief Justice’s son which is
now being investigated,” he said. “So it looks very much as if
this case is designed to deflect attention from that.”
The ruling means the governing Pakistan People’s Party could seek to install a
new prime minister but elections due early next year, it could struggle to
find a consensus candidate.
Instead a legal insider said the government would seek parliament’s support in
challenging the court’s decision.