ISLAMABAD:

Challenging the University of Karachi's last year decision to revoke his law degree after 32 years, Islamabad High Court (IHC) judge Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri has told the Sindh High Court (SHC) that he faces retribution from powerful members of the executive for exercising judicial autonomy.

On August 31, 2024, the University of Karachi's Syndicate annulled the allegedly "invalid" degree of Justice Jahangiri on the recommendations of the university's Unfair Means (UFM) Committee. However, the SHC on September 5, 2024 suspended the university's decision.

However, last week — on September 16 — a division bench of the IHC comprising Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Muhammad Azam Khan stopped Justice Jahangiri from performing his duties as it took up a petit

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