Newsmakers 2019: Farogh Naseem and Mansoor Ali Khan

Respectively Law Minister and Attorney-General, FaroghNaseem and Mansoor Ali Khan have something else in common than an admiration of Imran Khan: they have been Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf’s lawyers. The past year has seen them presiding over teams that have lost for the government repeatedly, which might explain why General Musharraf got the death sentence for high treason. The first major loss they suffered was in the Supreme Court, where Gen QamarJavedBajwa’s extension was challenged. The drafter of the extension as Law Minister resigned and went to represent General Bajwa and lost the case as did Mansoor Ali Khan. General Musharraf’s death sentence was a win for them, though the lawyer FaroghNaseem engaged had all his applications rejected by the special court before it gave its verdict. General Musharraf is going into appeal before the Supreme Court, and it is expected that they will probably argue in his favour, as they try to throw the case they had won. FaroghNaseem, though, alone deserves the credit for the sacking of the ANF Court judge who was sacked by Whatsapp just before a hearing of the RanaSanaullah case.