Comparison Drawn Between Justice Ali Baqar Najafi’s Recent Remarks and Past Nawaz Sharif Case
Sajid Ali
Published September 14, 2026 | 02:15 PM
Journalist Khalid Jameel recalled in a tweet the high-profile case in November 2019 that allowed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad, in which Justice Ali Baqar Najafi played a key role.
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Sep, 2026) Recent remarks by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi during a hearing at the Federal Constitutional Court on prisoners at Adiala Jail seeking treatment at private hospitals have sparked a fresh debate among journalistic and political circles.
Senior journalist and analyst Khalid Jameel compared Justice Ali Baqar Najafi’s past judicial decisions with his remarks today on the social media platform X, raising questions about judicial priorities.
In his tweet, Jameel once again recalled the high-profile case involving former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in November 2019, in which Justice Ali Baqar Najafi had played a key role.
Referring to the pace of proceedings in that specific case, he wrote that a two-member bench headed by Justice Ali Baqar Najafi had formally allowed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to travel abroad for medical treatment in November 2019.
Linking that past incident to the present circumstances, the journalist critically commented on Justice Ali Baqar Najafi’s recent remarks in the context of the Imran Khan case concerning the request by prisoners at Adiala Jail. Khalid Jameel pointed out that the hearing on that day had continued intermittently from morning until evening. He said that today the same honourable judge had remarked that no prisoner should be treated discriminatorily in the eyes of the state and law, while jail rules clearly stated that a prisoner could be treated only at a government hospital.
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