Former prime minister and PTI Chairman Imran Khan has challenged FIAsummons for him in the cypher audio leak scandal in the Lahore High Court.
The PTI chief on Monday moved to the Lahore High Court challenging theFIA’s summoning of him in a cypher audio leak scandal. He made the federalgovernment, FIA and the investigation officer respondents in the case.
The petition says that Imran is an honest, respectable and renownedpersonality of the country. He has played an important part to shape thecountry’s politics into a new mold. His growing popularity has become athreat to other political powers.
As prime minister of Pakistan, Imran helped America during its troops’pullout from Afghanistan.
The petition states that the FIA has started an inquiry into the cyphermessage and has summoned Imran on December 6 to record his statement. Butthe cypher inquiry has already been challenged in the Supreme Court.
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The petitioner is of the view that the FIA has summoned him in a baselessinquiry in order to exact political revenge on him. He said that the gunattack on him in Wazirabad was also part of this political vengeance.
The petition states that no law has been followed while issuing the call-upnotice.
The petitioner requested the court to set aside the cypher audio leakscandal inquiry after declaring it illegal and also stop the inquiry tillfinal decision on the case.
