Geo News Headlines 6 PM - Justice Sattar says establishment's top officials asked him to back off

#GeoHeadlines 6 PM | 14th May 2024 | GEO NEWS
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Justice Babar Sattar has formally informed Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Aamer Farooq about the "meddling" by the security establishment in judicial affairs, revealed well-placed sources on Tuesday.

In a "letter" to IHC CJ Farooq, Justice Sattar said that he was delivered messages on behalf of top officials in the security establishment asking him to "back-off" from extensive scrutiny of the existence and mode of surveillance in the audio leak case.

Justice Sattar reported the "incident of meddling" in line with the IHC’s recommendations to deter meddling.

In compliance with the Supreme Court’s April 3 order, the IHC judges, in a unanimous stance, proposed a “contempt proceeding” against any meddling in judicial affairs.

It was also decided that the judges would inform the inspection judge about the alleged meddling and the inspection judge would bring the matter to the knowledge of the chief justice of the high court concerned. “A judge who will not report the alleged meddling within seven days should be considered guilty of misconduct.”

Giving details, Justice Sattar informed the IHC CJ that he did not pay any attention to the “threatening tactic”, said the sources.

"I paid no heed to such intimidatory tactics and did not find that such messages created a risk of substantial detriment to the administering of justice."

The judge further told the CJ that the court had issued notices to intelligence and probe agencies, concerned ministries, regulatory bodies, FIA, PTA, Pemra and others.

Justice Sattar was among the six judges who had written a letter to the SJC seeking its guidance on “interference” of the intelligence agencies in the courts’ affairs in March.




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