ISLAMABAD:
The Islamabad Excessive Courtroom (IHC) is scheduled to assessment a plea on Tuesday, Nov 28, searching for the initiation of a case in opposition to former military chief Normal (retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and former Inter-Providers Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Hameed.
As per the trigger listing issued on Saturday, the petition filed by a citizen Syed Muhammad Atif Ali shall be heard by IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq.
The petitioner urged the court docket to direct the Federal Investigation Company (FIA) to register a case and start a prison investigation in opposition to Normal (retd) Bajwa, Lt Gen (retd) Hameed, in addition to a number of others.
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The petitioner’s writ named respondents, together with the FIA chief, the Pakistan Digital Media Regulatory Authority chairman, the Pakistan Telecom Authority, the Press Affiliation of Pakistan, journalists Javed Chaudhry and Shahid Maitla, Normal Bajwa, and Normal Hameed.
Throughout the earlier listening to on Oct 10, the IHC had issued notices to the respondents, instructing them to submit a reply.
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Stating that the journalists authored articles primarily based on purported interviews with the retired generals, the petitioner claimed that these articles had a “adverse impression” on society.
He asserted that these articles, below the guise of freedom of speech, amounted to a “prison act”.
In response to the petitioner, these information items, aiming for scores, introduced a derogatory picture of state establishments.