The Indian Express (Delhi Edition)
Pak judge accuses ISI of harassing him and his family to get desired verdicts
AN ANTI-TERRORISM COURT JUDGE, hearing the cases related to attacks on military installations in May last year by workers of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party, has accused Pakistan's powerful intelligence agency ISI of harassing him and his family members to get desired verdicts.
Anti-terrorism Court Judge (Sargodha) Muhammad Abbas has written a letter to lahore high Court Chief Justice Malik Shahzad Ahmad Khan informing him how Inter-services intelligence( i si) officials harassed him and his family members. The judge has been hearing the cases against Opposition Leader in Parliament Omar Ayub and other workers of I mr an khan' s pakistan te hr eek-e ins a fr elated to attacks on military installations in May last year.
Ayub had alleged that last week at a hearing in a case in Sargodha ATC Judge Abbas was made hostage by the intelligence agencies. In March, six judges of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) reached out to the Supreme Judicial council(sjc) in forming alleged intrusion of intelligence operative sin judicial matters.
On the a tc judge' s allegations, Lahore High Court Chief Justice Ahmad Khan summoned Punjab Inspector General of Police Dr Usman Anwar for Thursday.
“In today's hearing IGP Anwar told the LHC that police have launched an investigation into' serious threats' given to the ATC judge ,” a court official told pti.t he LHC CJ asked the IGP why the roads leading to Sargodha ATC, some 200 km from Lahore, were closed by police when the judge refused to meet an ISI officer.
The IGP said: “The roads were closed as the judge was facing serious threats.” The chief justice reserved the verdict on the alleged harassment of the ATC judge by the ISI.
Menwhile, the Pakistan government on Thursday challenged in the Supreme Court the acquittal of former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign ministers hahm ah moodqu res hi in the cipher case.