LAHORE: Chief Justice (CJ) of Lahore High Court (LHC) has on Friday clarified that he had not resigned a
nd the story published in a nat
ional English daily was baseless, reported Daily Times.
It was reported in a nat
ional daily in its paper today that LHC CJ had resigned in a bid to avoid his elevation to
Supreme Court. It also claimed that certain steps taken by him ‘to curb the culture of resorting to violence in the legal fraternity’, certain lawyer groups had become frustrated wit
h him.
The paper went as far as claiming that Justice Yawar Ali was going to take oath as LHC CJ on January 18 since Mansoor Ali Shah had resigned and that he would have gone on to beco
me Chief Justice of Pakistan for at least three years.
Strongly rejecting the report, Chief Justice said that he did not expect such act or irresponsibility from media.
