Form No: HCJD/C-121
ORDER SHEET
IN THE ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, ISLAMABAD
(JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT)
W.P. No.666/2022
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists
through its Secretary General
Versus
The President of Pakistan
through the Secretary & 4 others
S. No. of
order/
proceedings
Date of order/
proceedings
Order with signature of Judge and that of parties or counsel where
necessary.
08-04-2022
Mr Aftab Alam, Mr Babar Hayat Samor, Ms Imaan Zainab
Hazir, Mr Muhammad Usman Warraich, Mr Sajid Khan
Tanoli, Mr Sikandar Naeem Qazi, Qazi Adil Javed, Mr Rabi
Bin Tariq, Sardar Abdul Raziq Khan, Mr Aamir Abbasi, Mr
Yasir Latif Hamdani, Barrister Ehsan Malik, Mr Inam Ul
Rahim, Mr Umer Ijaz Gillani, Mr Munir A. Malik, Advocates
for petitioners.
Mr Qasim Wadud, Addl. Attorney General.
Syed Muhammad Tayyab, Dy. Attorney General.
Mr Babar Bakht, Director (Cyber Crime), FIA, Mr Ayaz Khan,
Incharge CCRC, Islamabad, Mr Imran Haider, A.D. FIA,
CCRC, Islamabad, Mr Arbab Arshad, A.D. Legal, CCRC,
Islamabad, Mr M. Waseem Sikandar, SI, FIA, CCRC,
Islamabad.
Athar Minallah, C.J.-
For reasons to be
recorded later, the petitions are allowed and it is declared
and directed as follows.-
(a)
Freedom of expression is a fundamental
right and it reinforces all other rights
guaranteed under the Constitution of
the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973
(hereinafter
referred
“Constitution”).
to
as
the