The Lahore High Court on Tuesday withdrew stay order halting cypher probe against the former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief.
The former prime minister had claimed that US envoy Donald Lu was ‘involved’ in the ouster of his government. In a meeting with the Pakistani envoy, Lu ‘threatened’ to oust my government, the PTI chairman had claimed.
The federal government had challenged a stay order granted to the PTI chairman against an inquiry by the FIA into the cypher audio leak controversy.
The single bench comprising Justice Ali Baqar Najafi while announcing the reserved verdict withdrew the stay order halting cypher probe against the former prime minister.
Meanwhile, the District and Sessions Court on Tuesday reserved its decision over maintainability of a plea of the PTI chairman in the Toshakhana case.
The election commission’s counsel Amjad Pervaiz said in the court that the Chairman PTI has already filed a petition for transfer from the court. “It seems he has no confidence on your court,” ECP counsel said while addressing the judge. “Your court is being subjected to character assassination. He wants to escape from court for last several months. He even doesn’t like to sign on the exemption plea,” the counsel further said.
Islamabad High Court had granted stay to the chairman PTI for one-and-half month, counsel said. “He enjoyed the stay, he knows well there is no way out, he is fleeing from the case,” Amjad Pervaiz said.
ECP lawyer objected over the Chairman PTI’s plea about no-confidence over the sessions court’s Judge Humayun Dilawar. “Chairman PTI could not be allowed to malign the court without a statement on oath,” ECP counsel said. “They have brought this material for your character assassination,” he said.
