Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has rejected the accusations of interference and pressure in the judicial affairs of Islamabad High Court Judge Babar Sattar and said that no one has given the message that you should withdraw, only the in-camera briefing was said. The in-camera briefing was requested for reasons of national security which will not be compromised.
Law Minister Azam Nazir Tarar, while holding a joint press conference with Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, said that there was a lot of discussion in TV, newspaper and radio regarding the laws and regulations of social media, in a series, an authority was created after which The matter also came up in the CLCC, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, after consultation with a number of stakeholders, sent the draft which came to the Federal Cabinet for approval today.
He said that in this draft, the establishment of an authority regarding digital rights has been proposed and the guidelines have also been set which are in accordance with Article 19 of the Constitution of Pakistan, despite the opinion of the Prime Minister that the cabinet members also supported that political consensus is also necessary in the legislation, so he has formed a committee in which our coalition parties will be represented and they will submit a report in a week after reviewing it.
He said that the Attorney General of Pakistan has just gone to talk, he talked about a letter, gave some explanations and also gave his opinion that a respected judge of Islamabad High Court has written a letter which The contents gave the impression that the intelligence and defense agencies wanted or did interfere in the work of the judges.
The Law Minister said that the painful thing for me is that this thing was publicized in such a way that it is an interference in the judiciary. Even before this, a letter from six judges came and the government immediately responded to their letter. Taking into account the instructions of the Chief Justice and the Full Court, the Full Court was created so that milk is milk and water is water. will do.
He said that an independent judiciary takes the country forward, but in the kind of challenges and environment we are facing, including terrorism, law and order, economic and security, all the institutions should give each other a little space. Everyone should work in their own circle.
On this occasion, the Prime Minister of Information, Attaullah Tarar, said that if a message is given by the Attorney General that an in-camera briefing should be done, then a letter is written out of context, saying that I am being told that Let me backtrack, it is not factual, if the in-camera briefing was requested for reasons of national security and let me make it clear that national security will not be compromised.
He said, “Don’t take this matter so far, it is about national security and it is not appropriate to raise questions about this one issue with national security. I was seeing on social media that the judges of the lower courts called the Chief Justice. A letter has been written to them that they are regularly pressured in strong language to take such and such a decision in such and such a case.
He said that issues of national security should not be highlighted through letters, if there is a matter to be discussed, the Chief Justice can call the full court, writing a letter to the Chief Justice who meets daily is controversial. Is.
Attaullah Tarar said that there will be no compromise on national security and if the question of national security is raised on this issue, it will not be appropriate. As the briefing said, I think the tension has to be reduced and all institutions have to work together on it.
