Justice Isa to hear appeal in cypher leaks case

The Supreme Court has fixed for hearing appeals against the Registrar Office’s objections in petitions, seeking an investigation into the alleged foreign conspiracy behind the ouster of former premier Imran Khan’s government.

Justice Qazi Faez Isa will hear the appeals in his chamber on February 22.

Earlier, Justice Sardar Tariq Masood had recused himself from hearing the appeals and sent them back to Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial.

The petitions had been filed by Advocate Zulfiqar Bhatta, Syed Tariq Badar and Naeemul Hassan.

The petitioners had prayed that a high-powered commission of inquiry should be constituted to hold inquisitorial proceedings with regard to the anti-state activities conducted by the respondent political parties through mala fide and abuse of power under the provisions of the Constitution and for committing sedition and treason against the democratically and legally elected government.

Imran’s government was removed through a vote of no-confidence in April last year.