Cipher case: Justice Gul Hasan Aurangzeb does not consider the leaked audios available on the Internet to be valid

Islamabad: Islamabad High Court Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb said on the arguments of the prosecutor on the petition filed against the conviction of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder chairman Imran Khan and Shah Mahmood Qureshi in the cipher case that the audios leaked on the Internet I don’t think it’s right.

Islamabad High Court Chief Justice Aamir Farooq and Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb heard the appeals against conviction of founder PTI and Shah Mehmood Qureshi in the cipher case.

FIA’s special prosecutor Hamid Ali Shah, arguing on electronic evidence, said that leaked audios of four people, including founder PTI, are on the internet, said to be playing with ciphers.

Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb asked who posted the leaked audios on the internet, do you accept everything that comes on the internet as true, I don’t, the internet is a lie until something is true. Not to be confirmed.

The prosecutor said that these audios were uploaded from the verified account of a person named Azhar on September 28, 2022. Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb said, Was this Azhar called and asked? If you ask this Azhar, how did he record the audio of the Prime Minister’s office? If it is bugged, will he have the courage to present it in the court?

Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb said that Azhar had hacked the conversation of the Prime Minister’s house with the Foreign Minister and put it on the internet and you say leave Azhar, but what he said is absolutely correct, FIA should take care of this matter. should reach the root of what reached a Prime Minister, former Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khosa’s ruling that no audio recording of anyone can be done.

Chief Justice Aamir Farooq remarked that today there is such a technology that can make your voice and mine, the audio of the former Chief Justice was leaked and later found to be wrong by research.

Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb raised the question, do you accept everything that comes on the Internet as true?

The prosecutor said that this is not our only evidence, there are others and said that the PTV cameraman had stated that he had recorded the speech of PTI founder at the March 27 rally and had told the FIA ​​about it. Provided a CD of the recording, the CD contains the speech and its transcript.

He said that the cameraman stated that he saw PTI founder waving paper, Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb asked mockingly that this is your star witness.

Chief Justice Aamir Farooq said how can the cameraman say this, he can only say that the recording was done by him. Is the prosecution’s legs trembling that Azam Khan’s statement will not be admitted, thinking that Azam Khan’s statement will be lost, they are relying on the cameraman’s statement.

FIA Prosecutor Hamid Ali Shah said that the transcript of the Foreign Office spokesperson’s briefing on the cipher is also available. Our next witness is Foreign Office Director Iqra Ashraf.

Justice Mian Gul Hasan Aurangzeb said that Iqra Ashraf wrote in her statement that this is not my final statement, the girl has shown honesty that FIA has taken a statement from me in haste, can you rely on the non-final statement of Iqra Ashraf? , you took an incomplete document to achieve your goal.

The prosecutor replied that non-conclusive does not mean that the statement was made in haste but that something more can be added, Justice Mian Gul Hassan then said, I cannot rely on a non-conclusive statement, you can.

The prosecutor said that I am not relying only on this testimony, there are more evidences, I will try to complete the arguments at the next hearing, after which the hearing was adjourned till tomorrow.