Judge hearing cases of important political personalities transferred

Azam Khan was hearing cases of Zardari, Faryal Talpur, Shahid Khaqan, Miftah and Buzdar

The judge who was hearing the cases of former president Asif Ali Zardari, former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and PPP leader Faryal Talpur has been transferred.

Accountability court judge Azam Khan was hearing the cases of former president Asif Ali Zardari, Faryal Talpur, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Miftah Ismail, former chief minister Usman Buzdar and others.

However, the Law Ministry transferred Azam Khan from the accountability court and appointed him as special judge central.

On the recommendation of the Islamabad High Court, the Law Ministry has appointed District and Sessions Judge Nasir Javed Rana as judge of the Accountability Court Islamabad in place of Azam Khan.

The Ministry of Law has issued a notification appointing Nasir Javed Rana as an accountability court judge. He has been appointed for a period of three years.

Azam Khan was appointed as the accountability court judge on a deputation basis in October 2019 when he was appointed at the banking court.

ADSJ Nasir Javed Rana was appointed to the sessions and civil district courts of Islamabad Division West in April 2019.