Policemen deployed on duty outside the courtroom confirmed that the court had issued the order.

The development comes a couple of days after IHC judge Justice Babar Sattar again raised the alleged interference by the security establishment in the judicial process.

In a letter to IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq, Justice Sattar claimed that he was asked to back off from the audio leaks case.

The case is in connection with the petitions filed last year by ex-premier Imran Khan’s spouse Bushra Bibi and Najam Saqib, son of former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar, against alleged audio leaks.

In March, six out of eight IHC judges demanded that a judicial convention be summoned over the alleged interference of intelligence agencies in the judiciary.