A larger panel of the High Court will hear claims against the AudioLeaks Commission today.
Yesterday, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Umar Attabandial, constituted a larger panel on the petitions against the Audiolex Commission.
A 5-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice will hear the petition against the Audio Leaks Commission today comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Muneeb Akhtar, Justice Shahid Waheed and Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi.
Supreme Court President Barr Abid Zubiri objected to the AudioLeaks Commission’s summons notice and asked the Supreme Court to declare the proceedings and orders of the AudioLeaks Commission of Inquiry unconstitutional and illegal.
The Audio Leaks Commission has summoned 4 people related to the alleged audios: Abid Zubairi, lawyer Khawaja Tariq Rahim, journalist Abdul Kayyum Siddiqui and Najam Saqib, son of former Chief Justice Saqib Nisar, yesterday.
It is worth noting that the federal government has formed a 3-member judicial commission on the issue of audio leaks. The commission headed by the senior most judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Qazi Faiz Isa, includes the Chief Justices of Balochistan. Court and Islamabad High Court. The action is initiated by calling.