Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday sought President Asif Ali Zardari’s article, published in The Wall Street Journal, and the press releases of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) issued after the US raid in Abbottabad that killed Osama bin Laden last year.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was hearing a petition filed by Advocate Sardar Ghazi in June against media coverage after the US raid in Abbottabad that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May last year.
The petitioner is seeking ban on media for criticising the armed forces, intelligence agencies and other defence and security institutions.
The counsel of Pakistan’s intelligence agencies, Advocate Raja Irshad, said during the hearing that the judiciary and army have been pitted against each other by the media. He said the Pakistan armed forces were maligned in a planned manner, but the fact was that they always respected the Supreme Court and implemented all its orders.
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