Pakistan, June 22 -- Supreme Court's Justice Mansoor Ali Shah, in a two-page letter, has warned of the executive's control and influence over the court's image and Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP), respectively.

"It is imperative that the Court's image is not allowed to drift under the control or convenience of the executive which now appears to wield disproportionate influence over the affairs of the JCP," Justice Shah wrote in the letter written prior to the June 19 session addressed to the JCP secretary.

The letter is to be interpreted against the backdrop of JCP's Thursday session, presided over by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Yahya Afridi, that gave its nod to extending the tenure of the constitutional bench until November ...