SC Adjourns Hearing Pertaining To FIA's Notices To Journalists
Sumaira FH Published March 25, 2024 | 10:06 PM
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday adjourned hearing till March 27, in a suo-motu case against the FIA’s notices to journalists on alleged anti-judiciary campaign
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 25th Mar, 2024) The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday adjourned hearing till March 27, in a suo-motu case against the FIA’s notices to journalists on alleged anti-judiciary campaign.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa, heard the case.
During the course of proceeding, the CJP remarked that the top court also took notice of journalists’ harassment in 2021. He said that if quick would had been taken on it then we wouldn’t see this situation today.
He remarked that matter was more severe than the FIA notices.
Press Association of Supreme Court and Islamabad High Court Journalists Association’s lawyer Barrister Salahuddin argued that section-20 of Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) had been misused repeatedly.
He said that FIA was authorized to arrest one after an inquiry, adding that this authority was used to suppress the journalists and media.
The CJP questioned that if the court could stop registration of an FIR. An FIR could be false but the matter would be seen as case to case, he said.
During hearing, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) also requested the court to make them as respondent in the case.
Later, the further hearing of the case was adjourned till next date.
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