Report in The News,21 Oct 2022
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan moved the Supreme Court on Thursday to form a joint investigation team or a commission to probe illegal surveillance, recording, retention, custody, and release/leaking of data, with directions to determine the authenticity of audio leaks.
He filed a petition in the Supreme Court under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, making interior, defence, information technology and telecommunication, information and broadcasting secretaries, Intelligence Bureau, FIA director-generals, Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority chairman, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority chairman and Inspector General of Police as respondents.
The PTI chairman prayed to the apex court to issue a mandamus to supervise the whole process to ensure that the JIT or commission satisfactorily completes its task, illegal surveillance is put to a permanent end, surveillance data is identified, retrieved, secured and then destroyed, if need be, and appropriate action is taken against the culprits.
He also prayed the apex court to direct the government and all relevant agencies and authorities to take all necessary steps to prevent the release, publication, dissemination, sharing, broadcast, and spread of any of the surveillance data, including further use of audio leaks…..
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/1002023-imran-moves-sc-for-probe-into-audio-leaks
