{"id":14221,"date":"2023-02-22T12:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T12:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=14221"},"modified":"2023-02-22T12:02:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T12:02:26","slug":"why-should-we-order-inquiry-on-hearsay-sc-on-ptis-cypher-plea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/why-should-we-order-inquiry-on-hearsay-sc-on-ptis-cypher-plea\/","title":{"rendered":"Why should we order inquiry on hearsay? SC on PTI&#8217;s cypher plea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Why should we order inquiry on hearsay? SC on PTI&#8217;s cypher plea. The Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday the in-chamber appeals \u2014 challenging the objections raised by the apex court&#8217;s registrar against the petitions seeking a probe into the US cypher \u2014 remarking why the court should order a probe on hearsay.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Qazi Faez Isa heard the in-chamber appeals filed by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) against the registrar&#8217;s objections to the petitions seeking an investigation into the cypher \u2014 the cable allegedly threatening the ouster of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImranKhanPTI\">Imran Khan<\/a>&#8216;s government.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Justice Isa said: &#8220;How can we order an investigation based on hearsay? We do not believe in speculations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/supreme-court-reports-decline-in-pending-cases.html\">Supreme Court reports decline in pending cases<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>He said that the prime minister would have ordered a probe at that time if he wanted. &#8220;Why do you bring such cases before us? We already have so much on our plate,&#8221; the justice said.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Isa said that he will not interfere in the state matters, dismissing the three appeals and upholding the registrar&#8217;s objections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How can the judiciary interfere in government affairs? I will not interfere in state matters and neither will allow the government to interfere in the judicial matters,&#8221; said Justice Isa.<\/p>\n<p>The judge said that the Parliament&#8217;s building is right beside the Supreme Court, telling the petitioners to &#8220;go ask the Parliament&#8221; to give them the &#8220;authority to intervene in the state matters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Justice Isa said that reading the cypher would be a violation of the Official Secrets Act, adding that no other citizen can read it.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyer Naeem-ul-Hasan said that the government, at that time, called a meeting of the security council and issued a demarche and later the government was changed.<\/p>\n<p>At this, Justice Isa said that the governments change.<\/p>\n<p>He added that writing an order in open court is more appropriate so it doesn&#8217;t give rise to speculations and assumptions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The plea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The PTI had filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking an investigation into the US cypher.<\/p>\n<p>The petitions were filed in the apex court by Advocates Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Syed Tariq Badar and Naeemul Hassan.<\/p>\n<p>However, the apex court&#8217;s registrar had raised objections against the plea.<\/p>\n<p>Later, the PTI filed appeals challenging the registrar&#8217;s objections. On January 24, Justice Sardar Tariq Masood was supposed to hear the in-chamber appeals, however he recused himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why should we order inquiry on hearsay? SC on PTI&#8217;s cypher plea. The Supreme Court dismissed on Wednesday the in-chamber appeals \u2014 challenging the objections raised by the apex court&#8217;s registrar against the petitions seeking a probe into the US cypher \u2014 remarking why the court should order a probe on hearsay. 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