ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed said on Monday warned he will summon Prime Minister Imran Khan if a prisoner facing charges of attacking a military security post was not presented before the Supreme Court.
Arif Gul is accused of attacking the post in a Khyber Pakhtunkhwa town near the border with Afghanistan.
A three-judge bench headed by Ahmed resumed hearing in the case against Gul’s detention Monday.
“Gul is in the detention centre and it is difficult to produce him [before the court],” the additional attorney general responded when Justice Ahmed inquired whether the accused has been presented.
“This court also reserves the authority to summon the top defence leadership,” the judge said.
Further grilling the prosecutor, he asked: “Why the issue pertaining to his [Gul’s] nationality has not been resolved as yet? The matter has been under consideration since 2019.”
The KP advocate general said Gul has undergone a counselling and vocational training programme at the detention centre.
Meanwhile, the court also rejected the request for respite made by the two officials.
Justice Ahmed adjourned the hearing until Tuesday (tomorrow) after the KP advocate general requested him that Gil could not be produced because the detention centre was located too far away from the court.
