Islamabad High Court suspends audio leak notice to former chief justice Saqib Nisar
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court today suspended the notice issued to former chief justice Saqib Nisar to appear in audio leak case before a committee of the Parliament.
The IHC took this action a petition challenging the recording of telephonic conversation.
A few days ago, the National Assembly Speaker formed a body of the MNAs to probe the audio leaks by summoning the individuals, including former chief justice Saqib Nisar, his son Najam Saqib, mother-in-law of chief justice Bandial and others.
The IHC Judge Babar Sattar, however, suspended the notice issued to Saqib Nisar and sought arguments from senior lawyer and PPP leader Sardar Latif Khosa as to ‘who is recording audios’. Here is the case is going on and the story will be updated further today.
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Najam Saqib, son of ex-CJP challenges audio leaks committee of NA
Najam Saqib, son of former chief justice Saqib Nisar today challenged in the Islamabad High Court the NA committee to probe audio leaks.
A few days ago, Speaker of the National Assembly Raja Pervez Ashraf formed a committee to look into the scandals of audio leaks.
Najam Saqib, who got famous from his leaked audios involving the sale of PTI tickets for making filthy money, has challenged the NA’s body.
File photo of an audio leak involving ex-CJP Saqib Nisar and Khawaja Tariq Rahim.
In his petition, Najam Saqib said that the NA Speaker did not have the authority to form this body.
Therefore, he urged the Islamabad High Court to declare unlawful the committee.
Importantly, the NA’s committee has summoned Najam Saqib, son of the most controversial ex-chief justice, in the leaked audios which surfaced a couple of months ago.
In the audio, Najam Saqib can be heard talking about the approval of PTI tickets for a couple of candidates. He also asks one of his confidants not to accept less than 1.20.
It is believed that he is talking about one crore and 20 lakh rupees (12 million rupees) for facilitating a contestant in the election to get a PTI ticket for the Punjab Assembly seat.
Some controversial audios of Saqib Nisar have also surfaced on the social media and the PML-N leaders have blamed him for hatching conspiracies against Sharifs.
