Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa has questioned whether the Supreme Court and the military forces had a chance to make amends for their previous transgressions and rebuild their credibility in light of the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reference. During a hearing on a presidential reference concerning the death sentence given to the former prime minister Bhutto in 1979, the top judge said on Tuesday, “Isn’t this an opportunity for both institutions to get rid of the accusations hurled against them?” The presidential reference was heard by the larger bench of the supreme court, which was chaired by Chief Justice Isa and included Justices Sardar Tariq Masood, Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Yahya Afridi, Amin-ud-din Khan, Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, and Musarrat Hilali.