ISLAMABAD – A US forensic firm, which examined the alleged audio clip offormer Chief Justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar, was “confident of theintegrity of the audio file”.
The website, which published the story, carried a statement, saying that itgot the audio file checked by a United States-based firm. It also mentionedthe firm’s analysis report of Garret Discovery maintains the integrity ofthe audio leak and also added that the “clip has not been edited in anyway”.
US firm representative speaking with a leading daily confirmed to work forPakistani site that published the controversial story. “We have aconfidentiality clause that prohibits us from speaking about the scope ofwork or work we performed,” the firm representative told a media outlet.
It also refused to share in-depth details saying that they don’t have anyproblem releasing results as long as their client signs an agreementallowing them to do so.
The journalist of a private news channel, who leaked the audio clip, alsotook to the social site where he said he released the forensic report ofaudio by a credible organization and every word said by any person can befound out in one’s previous speeches.
He further mentioned that the only way to oppose is to prove it wrong witha forensic report.
The scandal of former Supreme Court judges has sparked an intense debateamong the political circles with the opposition demanding a detailed probe.
Meanwhile, the treasury benches opposed and termed it as a conspiracyagainst the judicial members. Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhrysaid the opponents started the campaign against the judiciary without doingproper homework.
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Chaudhry said the clip, indicated that the audio in the viral video musthave been taken from the older video files.
The recent development comes after an audio clip allegedly featuring formerCJP was leaked in which a person could be heard saying that “former PMNawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz would have to be punished tomake space for Imran Khan in politics.”
Meanwhile, former Chief Justice rejected the authenticity of the clip,terming it ‘fabricated’. The audio clip is being falsely associated withme, he said while speaking with a local news outlet.
Nisar also mentioned that “IHC is currently hearing a proceeding regardingalleged clip and it should take notice of the recently leaked scandal underpenal laws”.
He further added that his “credentials were damaged through the purportedscandal and he is consulting his lawyers to deal with it in a legal manner”.
The recent clip is the second such controversy involving Saqib Nisar withinjust over a week as earlier, former Gilgit Baltistan judge Rana Shamim,claimed that former CJP had asked a high court judge to keep Nawaz Sharifand his daughter in jail till the 2018 general polls.
