Form No: HCJD/C-121.
ORDER SHEET
IN THE ISLAMABAD HIGH COURT, ISLAMABAD.
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
W.P No.2215 of 2024
Shafqat Mehmood Chauhan, etc.
Vs
Federation of Pakistan, etc.
S. No. of
order/
proceedings
Date of
order/
Proceedings
Order with signature of Judge and that of
parties or counsel where necessary.
12.07.2024. M/s Abid S. Zuberi and Shafqat Mehmood
Chauhan, Advocates/petitioners Nos.1 and 2
in person.
Through
the
instant
petition,
the
petitioners have challenged notification dated
08.07.2024
bearing
S.R.No.1005(I)/2024,
whereby under section 54 of the Pakistan
Telecommunication
(Re-Organization)
Act,
1996 (Act), authority has been given to the
Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to intercept
calls
and
messages
through
telecommunication system in the interest of
national
security
or
apprehension
of
any
offence as well as of section 54 of the Act.
2.
Learned
person,
counsel/petitioner
inter-alia,
contended
No.2,
that
in
the
notification is ultra vires the Constitution and
the Act. It was further contended that under
section 54(1), the Federal Government can
intercept calls, however, the referred provision
of law now stands impliedly repealed by the
Fair
Trial
Act,
2013.
Learned
counsel/petitioner No.2, in person, took the