{"id":12515,"date":"2022-12-05T11:40:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=12515"},"modified":"2022-12-05T11:40:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:40:01","slug":"imran-khan-moves-lhc-over-fia-authority-probing-audio-leaks-on-cypher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/imran-khan-moves-lhc-over-fia-authority-probing-audio-leaks-on-cypher\/","title":{"rendered":"Imran Khan moves LHC over FIA authority probing audio leaks on cypher"},"content":{"rendered":"

Imran Khan moves LHC over FIA authority probing audio leaks on cypher. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday approached the Lahore High Court<\/a> (LHC) challenging the Federal Investigation Agency\u2019s (FIA) authority to investigate the audio leaks related to the cypher allegedly containing the threat from the United States.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe enquiry initiated by the FIA is illegal, unlawful and without any authority and jurisdiction,\u201d said the PTI chairman in the petition which names the interior secretary, FIA director general and head of the inquiry team.<\/p>\n

The former prime minister has contended before the court that the notice sent to him \u201cis absolutely unclear as to what offence, if any, he is being inquired for\u201d. He also informed the court that the notice is \u201csilent about any criminal wrongdoing committed\u201d by him.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0FIA summons ex-PM Imran Khan’s aide Azam Khan to probe cypher audio leak<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The former prime minister also told the court that he has already challenged the matter in the Supreme Court, alleging that the case was \u201cpolitically motivated\u201d with the aim of arm twisting and harassing him. He also stated his \u201cpolitical adversaries\u201d have \u201creleased and circulated\u201d the \u201cmanipulated audios\u201d for \u201culterior motives\u201d.<\/p>\n

The PTI chief also contends in his petition that the agency is being used \u201cas a tool to pressurise and blackmail\u201d him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis enquiry is a colourable exercise of power by the FIA being conducted in bad faith,\u201d states the petition. He has also contested that the \u201cunlawful acts\u201d are infringing his fundamental rights.<\/p>\n

Khan, as an interim relief, has urged the court to \u201csuspend the operation\u201d of the FIA inquiry till his petition is addressed.<\/p>\n

While the former prime minister has prayed to the court to set aside the inquiry launched by FIA, and declare the notice sent to him \u201cillegal, unlawful and without lawful authority\u201d.<\/p>\n

In the two audio leaks that took the internet by storm and shocked the public, the former prime minister, then-federal minister Asad Umar, and then-principle secretary Azam Khan could allegedly be heard discussing the US cypher and how to use it in their interest.<\/p>\n

On September 30, the federal cabinet took notice of the matter and constituted a committee to probe the contents of the audio leaks.<\/p>\n

In October, the coalition government’s federal cabinet gave the green signal to formally launch legal action against the former prime minister after audios were leaked allegedly featuring him and other PTI leaders discussing the US cypher.<\/p>\n

The committee recommended legal action over the audio leaks purportedly featuring Imran Khan, Azam Khan and others.<\/p>\n

The federal cabinet approved the summary through circulation. The probe into the US cypher and the audios allegedly featuring Imran Khan and others was tasked to the FIA.<\/p>\n

Once FIA was given the task to probe the matter, it summoned Khan, Umar, and other leaders of the party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Imran Khan moves LHC over FIA authority probing audio leaks on cypher. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) challenging the Federal Investigation Agency\u2019s (FIA) authority to investigate the audio leaks related to the cypher allegedly containing the threat from the United States. \u201cThe enquiry initiated by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[849,733,6970,296,103,194],"class_list":["post-12515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-federal-investigation-agency","tag-pakistan-tehreek-e-insaf","tag-us-cypher","tag-fia","tag-imran-khan","tag-pti"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}