ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) has restored the practicing license of former Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui after concluding that the decision of his dismissal as a judge is not based on financial corruption or ethical grounds.
The decision was announced by the PBC’s three-member enrollment committee, headed by Justice Faez Isa. Syed Kalbe Hussain and Senator Azam Nazir Tarar were the other two members.
The PBC’s enrollment committee found that the Supreme Judicial Council’s decision to remove Siddiqui has nothing to do with the corruption allegations against him. Hence, the committee ruled to restore his licence.
Shaukat Siddiqui had applied for the restoration of his licence on September 6 this year.
The Supreme Judicial Council had removed him as IHC judge in 2018.
The former IHC judge also awaits a decision on his appeal against the SJC decision to remove him.
