A new audio call allegedly between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawyer Khawaja Tariq Rahim’s wife, Rafia Tariq, and Mahjabeen Noon, the mother-in-law of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, appeared online on Sunday.
The two ladies can be heard discussing early elections, their support for the chief justice and their displeasure with the current administration on the allegedly leaked audio.
During the purported conversation, the women could be heard saying that if elections are not held, martial law will be imposed in the country.
یہ آڈیو جب سوشل میڈیا پر سنی تو یقین ہو گیا کہ سازش گہری ہے۔ فیملیز کی خاطر آئین اور قانون کو روند دیا گیا ہے۔ چیف صاحب اور دو ساتھیوں کی فیملیز جلسوں میں شرکت کے ساتھ ساتھ، جلد الیکشن کرا کر عمران نیازی کو بر سر اقتدار لانے کے لئے کوشاں ہیں۔63 A کی تشریح اب سمجھ آئی؟ pic.twitter.com/bkc7vO1IyV
— Attaullah Tarar (@TararAttaullah) April 23, 2023
Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) Ata Tarar shared the audio clip on his Twitter account, saying that he is sure about the deep conspiracy after hearing the audio clip.
According to the audio, the all the details regarding the public rally were conveyed to the chief justice. He also condemned the alleged influence of families on court decisions.
Reacting to the alleged audio leak, PTI Senior Vice-President Fawad Chaudhry said that his party has repeatedly asked the Supreme Court to “look into the disastrous series of audio leaks” after phone calls of the PM Office and PM House were released in the past.
یہ درخواست مہینوں گزرنے پر بھی ابھی سپریم کورٹ میں نہیں لگی،اب کوئ جج،سیاستدان، سرکاری ملازم حتیٰ کہ گھریلو خواتین بھی اس تھرڈ کلاس سوچ کا شکار ہیں، اور کوئ کچھ نہیں کر سکتا، Fair Trial Law کے تحت ایسی غیر قانونی فون ٹییپنگ کی سزا تین سال قید ہو سکتی ہے
— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) April 23, 2023
“The Prime Minister’s Office is so insecure that the meeting is being recorded, so who else will be safe?” he wrote on the micro-blogging site.
He added that even after the passage of several months, the application has not been filed in the Supreme Court.
“Now, judges, politicians, civil servants and even housewives are victims of this third class thinking and no one can do anything,” he tweeted.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Rana Sanaullah demanded on Sunday a forensic audit of an alleged leaked phone call involving the mother-in-law of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial, and said that the judges mentioned in the audio should step down.
Addressing a press conference in Faisalabad, Sanaullah said the CJP should take suo motu notice of the audio leak and order a forensic of the phone call.
“Those involved in the leaked audio must be questioned, and the judges who are being referred to in the audio [the chief justice] should show some grace and step down.”
Rana Sanaullah said the purported audio leak is a “matter of concern” for the general public and politicians alike and it must be thoroughly investigated.
