Overview
- The Islamabad High Court reassigned petitions over alleged audio recordings from Justice Babar Sattar to Justice Azam Khan on Monday.
- Justice Azam Khan is listed to take up the audio-leaks case on November 4, with substantive proceedings limited by the existing stay.
- The petitions concern alleged recordings involving Najam Saqib, son of former chief justice Saqib Nisar, and Bushra Bibi.
- Separately, a division bench comprising Justices Azam Khan and Muhammad Asif adjourned a contempt plea on delays in deciding NAB jurisdiction in a fake-accounts case after receiving an accountability court’s report and providing it to the petitioner’s counsel.
- In another matter, Justice Raja Inaam Ameen Minhas recused himself from the interim bail plea of KP Anti-Corruption Director Siddique Anjum after a Sessions Court rejection, sending the file to the IHC chief justice for reassignment.