Justice Babar Sattar writes another letter to IHC CJ

Islamabad:  Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Babar Sattar on Tuesday wrote another letter to Chief Justice Aamir Farooq regarding apparent interference in the judiciary.

In his letter to the CJ, Justice Sattar revealed that he received a message from a top official of the security establishment, urging him to back off from scrutinizing the surveillance methods.

The judge wrote, “I did not pay attention to such threatening tactics,”.

He also wrote that he did not pay attention to such threatening tactics, nor did he perceive that such messages posed a significant risk to the administration of justice.

Justice Sattar also pointed out that in cases related to the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), a smear campaign based on indecency seemed to be aimed at undermining  the judicial proceedings.

He said that in the audio leaks case, notices were issued by the court to secret and investigative agencies, relevant ministries, regulatory bodies, ISI, IB, FIA, regulatory bodies PTA, PEMRA.