On Monday, the Islamabad High Court postponed making a decision regarding the maintainability of a petition calling for investigations into the audio of a phone call between Dr. Arsalan Khalid, the PTI Chairman for Digital Media, and former first lady Bushra Bibi.
leaked audio recording
In an allegedly leaked audio recording, Bushra Bibi, the wife of Imran Khan, is heard telling Dr. Khalid to run social media campaigns labeling people traitors.
According to the audio, the former first lady first expressed her displeasure with Dr. Khalid for the PTI’s social media team’s lack of activity lately. She added that on former prime minister Imran Khan’s orders, Dr. Khalid and his team had used the traitor hashtag on social media.
Islamabad high court (IHC)
Amir Farooq, the interim chief justice of the IHC, heard the citizen’s complaint regarding the allegedly leaked audio.
“There has been an audio leak. Would you like the court to look into it? IHC’s position as an investigator, “The judge remarked, inquiring if the petitioner was a party who would be impacted.
He questioned how the court could issue a writ regarding a private conversation between two parties. He inquired as to whether the actual party affected by the audio leak had complained to any forum.
The judge advised, “Think before you draught such a writ.”
The petitioner’s attorney responded by asserting that this plea was written in a verbose sea.
The court does not care whether it was a sea or a galaxy, Justice Farooq said, because it is unable to look into every possibility.
The court then withheld judgment regarding whether or not such a plea could be maintained.
