Islamabad
A senior Pakistani judge, who was in line to become the chief justice of the Islamabad High Court next month, was sacked for his controversial statement that the country’s powerful spy agency ISI was manipulating judicial proceedings to get favourable decisions.

The Supreme Judicial Council had recommended removal of Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, who was facing a case of alleged misconduct over his speech targeting the Inter-Services Intelligence .

Justice Siddiqui, while addressing the Rawalpindi District Bar Association on July 21, had alleged that the ISI was manipulating judicial proceedings to constitute panel of judges to get favourable decisions.
“Today the judiciary and media have come in the control of ‘bandookwala’ . Judiciary is not independent. Even the media is getting directions from the military.