ISLAMABAD - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Monday deferred hearing in a petition seeking registration of case against former army chief Gen (Retd) Qamar Javed Bajwa and former ISI chief Lt Gen (Retd) Faiz Hameed for allegedly misrepresenting events, without any further proceedings.
A single bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice of IHC Justice Aamer Farooq conducted hearing of the petition wherein he had already issued notices to the respondents after hearing a petition seeking action against them for allegedly violating laws pertaining to retired servicemen by distorting facts of various events during media interviews. During the hearing, the petitioner’s counsel requested the bench to adjourn the case without any further proceedings. Acceding to his request, the bench put of the case hearing for indefinite period.
A petitioner Syed Muhammad Atif Ali had filed the writ petition for directions to Director General FIA to register a criminal case against the former Army Chief and DG ISI while he also sought media ban on certain items. In his previous written order, the IHC Chief Justice said that through the instant petition, the petitioner sought direction to respondent No.1 (DG FIA) to take action on his application qua registration of case and also issue a direction to respondents No.2 to 4 to take action on his application against respondents No.5 & 6.
Raja Rizwan Abbasi Advocate counsel for the petitioner had contended that despite the request has been made by the petitioner, no action till to date has been taken. He further contended that the bare reading of the application indicates that a cognizable offence is made out. The petitioner claimed that former generals Bajwa and Faiz tainted the national events by portraying them in a false and fabricated manner. He added that in order to gain rating, the news articles presented a negative image of the state institutions under the garb of journalism.