A Pakistan government lawyer on Wednesday created a flutter in the Supreme Court by accusing defence lawyers of suspended Chief Justice Iftikar M Chaudhry of being foreign agents. However, he withdrew his allegation after the full bench of the apex court pulled him up.Lawyers defending and opposing Chaudhry’s petition clashed after government’s counsel Ahmed Raza Kasuri said the top judge’s defence lawyers are foreign agents and receiving foreign funds to malign the military.The allegation prompted Justice Khalil-ur-Ramdey, who is heading the 13-judge bench, to ask Kasuri whether anything has been said against the military during the hearing of the case for the past several weeks.However, Kasuri persisted with his allegation saying the defence lawyers were misusing the court’s platform to malign the military.Chaudhry’s lead counsel Atezaz Ahesan objected and threatened to file a libel suite against Kasuri.The judge said Kasuri’s allegations were certainly not called for. “From where did you get this statement, we would ask you to withdraw these words so that we can proceed further with the case. Following this Kasuri withdrew the allegation.Meanwhile, Chaudhry’s top counsel said the Chief Justice was manhandled as he was bundled into a car days after President Pervez Musharraf suspended him.Minister resigns over murder allegationsIslamabad: Minister of State for Communications Mohammad Shahid Jamil Qureshi, accused of killing a Canadian woman, has resigned after the police registered a case in the mysterious death at the official residence of the politician. Qureshi denied any involvement in the death of Kafila Siddiqui.Sharif, Imran Khan team up against GenLONDON: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan announced on Wednesday they are teaming up to seek an end to President Musharraf’s “dictatorship.” “We will work together because our objectives are the same,” Khansaid at a press conference.
