ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) justice stated on Wednesday that the $10 billion fine imposed on Pakistan by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the “Tethyan Copper versus Pakistan” case is equivalent to dropping a nuclear bomb and could have dire effects.
During the hearing of the presidential reference on Reko Diq, Justice Munib Akhtar stated, “This fine is not against a provincial institution but the country.”The case was considered by a five-member bigger bench, which was presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial and included Justices Ijazul Ahsan, Muneeb Akhtar, Yahya Afridi, and Jamaal Khan Mandokhel.
