Pakistan Supreme Court ordered debugged

Pakistans Supreme Court on Monday ordered the debugging of its premises following repeated calls for the barring of intelligence officials from the court during the hearing of the Constitutional petiton of suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Islamabad, July 2 : Pakistan's Supreme Court on Monday ordered the debugging of its premises following repeated calls for the barring of intelligence officials from the court during the hearing of the Constitutional petiton of suspended Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.

Confirming the order, Chaudhry's lead advocate Aitzaz Ahsan said a notice had gone out to the federal law secretary and to the Director General, Intelligence Bureau, to ensure that neither the offices nor the residences of the apex court judges were bugged .

He said both officials had been given a week's time to file a personal affidavit in this regard.

The court ordered that "no unauthorised persons, including from intelligence agencies" could enter the Supreme Court and its affiliated High Courts.

The order is an embarrassment for the Musharraf regime, which suspended Chaudhry on March 9 over alleged accusations of misconduct.

The legal community, however, has welcomed the apex court's decision, saying it firmly established the independence of the judiciary.

ANI