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No political cell functioning under any intelligence, govt informs SC

Directs government to obtain fresh affidavit from intelligence agencies’ heads
A man uses his mobile phone as he walks past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan May 13, 2023. Reuters/File
A man uses his mobile phone as he walks past the Supreme Court of Pakistan building in Islamabad, Pakistan May 13, 2023. Reuters/File

The federal government has informed the Supreme Court that “no political cell is functioning” under any intelligence agency.

The court judgment in the Asghar Khan case has already been implemented and the enquiry has been closed after finding no evidence of illegal distribution of money among politicians.

The top court directed the government to obtain a fresh affidavit from the heads of the intelligence agencies that no political cell is working under their management if such an affidavit is not already obtained.

The SC’s seven-member constitutional bench, headed by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan conducted the proceedings. Other members of the bench included Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan, Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi, Justice Musarrat Hilali, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and Justice Shahid Bilal Hasan.

The additional attorney general informed the SC that the SC judgement in the Asghar Khan case had already been implemented. Political cells in intelligence agencies have been closed and no evidence of the distribution of cash amounts among politicians was found.

Justice Jamal Mandokhail directed the government to obtain affidavits from heads of agencies that they are not running any political cell.

The court also directed the Federal Investigation Agency to convince the court that its judgement in the Asghar Khan case had been implemented. The court directed the Ministry of Defense to submit a comprehensive report in this regard before the next hearing.

It may be worth mentioning that the Supreme Court has earlier rejected review petitions of former chief of army staff Gen (retd) Mirza Aslam Baig and former ISI DG Lt Gen (retd) Asad Durrani against the SC judgement in the Asghar Khan case.

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