Islamabad High Court Justice Babar Sattar rejected pleas from the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) and the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) in the Bushra Bibi audio leaks case and imposed fines of Rs 500,000 on each of the institutions.

The Islamabad High Court also sought a response from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) regarding the matter.

In the petitions, they sought his recusal from the case.

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Justice Babar Sattar is heading petitions filed by Bushra Bibi’s lawyer Latif Khosa and Najam Saqib, the son of former CJP Justice Saqib Nisar, against a notification of the parliamentary committee formed on the audio leaks. The parliamentary committee is probing the leaks and has summoned Najam Saqib and Bushra Bibi.

PEMRA, PTI, FIA, and IB had filed separate applications in the audio leaks case, seeking the recusal of Justice Babar Sattar from the case.

The leaked audio allegedly involving Bushra Bibi and Najam Saqib surfaced in April 2023 and it was claimed that Saqib Nisar could be heard demanding a “reward” for job done for a PTI ticket canddiate.