{"id":58596,"date":"2026-01-30T20:17:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=58596"},"modified":"2026-01-30T20:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:42:19","slug":"judge-majoka-amends-the-verdict-for-4-states-making-his-steno-a-scapgoat-what-is-the-legal-basis-of-such-a-decision-now-by-tazeen-akhtar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/judge-majoka-amends-the-verdict-for-4-states-making-his-steno-a-scapgoat-what-is-the-legal-basis-of-such-a-decision-now-by-tazeen-akhtar\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Majoka Amends the Verdict for 4 States Making His Steno a Scapgoat ! What is the Legal Basis of Such a Decision Now – by Tazeen Akhtar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Tazeen Akhtar<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finally, the Judge who sent Imaan Mazari and spouse to jail for 17 years without giving them a hearing , has rescinded (amended) his verdict but for a paragraph that was related to Four countries , Iran, Syria, Cuba and North Korea. The honorable judge had noted ” These are designated terrorist states”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now on 30 Jan the Judge came to know that it was typo , clerical mistake by the steno of the court. He was enlightened about this after the spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to a question on 29 Jan as , “We have seen the judgment. These are views of the learned judge. Pakistan, of course, does not subscribe to this opinion. This kind of designation of terrorist states does not exist either in the UN parlance or under international law.”<\/p>\n

Two of Four countries did not feel the shocks of the earthquake whose epicenter was under\u00a0 district and session court of Islamabad but the rest of the two, that are near were taken aback and responded in their own way through their missions in Islamabad. But these two , too seem to be satisfied after the amendment in the verdict despite the damage has been caused in the meanwhile.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Office spokesperson Tahir Hussain Andrabi responded to a question on Thursday as, ” We have seen the judgment. These are views of the learned judge. Pakistan, of course, does not subscribe to this opinion. This kind of designation of terrorist states does not exist either in the UN parlance or under international law.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

On Friday, as Daily Dawn reported, subsequently, an order from the judge, dated January 27, emerged today that said NCCIA Special Public Prosecutor Muhammad Usman Rana had filed an application on Jan 24 for “correction of errors … wherein due to typing mistake a sentence … was written due to a clerical mistake which is not supported by any statutory provision, judicial precedent, executive notification, international instrument or authoritative reference so the some may be deleted because this sentence is vague and ambiguous”.<\/p>\n

“Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea are Designated Terrorist States” – Notes Judge Majoka in Order Against Mazari – Seeks Support from Indian Courts’ Orders<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n