[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text dp_text_size=”size-4″]ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) claims that a foreign conspiracy was responsible for the removal of Imran Khan from power, but the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday rejected all three applications calling for an investigation into the cypher connected with this purported international plot.
The registrar of the Supreme Court returned the applications submitted by Attorneys Zulfiqar Bhatta, Syed Tariq Badr, and Naeem ul Hassan with objections.
The in-chamber hearing was presided over by Justice Qazi Faez Isa, who said, “If the government wants, it can make cyphers from all over the world public.”
He added that the judiciary cannot “interfere in the affairs of the executive,” warning that “if anyone else does this, he will be guilty of breaking the Secret Act.”
Justice Isa commented, “Is it the function of the court to deal with international affairs? Who was the prime minister when the cypher was received?”
In response, attorney GM Chaudhry informed the court that Imran Khan was the prime minister at the time and that the PTI leader had also “waved the cypher” while speaking at a gathering.
Judge Isa then inquired as to whether Imran Khan, as prime minister at the time, had made any decisions regarding an investigation as he had all necessary authority.
“The prime minister has ultimate authority. He said, “What should the court do in the instance of this cypher.
The judge for the supreme court further mentioned that in order to begin an investigation, he will need to read the cypher.
According to the petitioner’s attorney, the investigation into the cypher is an issue of fundamental rights.
However Justice Isa asserted that the case does not involve a fundamental rights concern and questioned, “What impact did the cypher have on our day-to-day lives?
”He insisted that “the Election Commission of Pakistan [ECP] has the responsibility to undertake a probe.”
A previous petition was submitted to the Supreme Court by petitioner Naeem Ul Hassan through Azhar Siddique, asking for the creation of “a high-powered commission of inquiry to hold inquisitorial proceedings with regard to the anti-state activities conducted by the respondent political parties through mala fide and abuse of power under the provisions of the Constitution and for committing sedition and treason against the democratically and legally elected government.”
The petitioner said that while Imran had taken a number of steps to bring about some semblance of normalcy in state affairs, regional political parties had been “aiding and encouraging extremism in the country.”
The petition was, however, rejected by the registrar because the petitioner failed to specify the fundamental rights-related public interest problems at issue.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
