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No action against journalists till Feb 8 polls, SC assured

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Mansoor Usman Awan, the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP),  gave the Supreme Court an assurance on Tuesday that until the  February general elections, no action would be taken against  journalists who had received notifications for allegedly participating in smear campaign against judges. The development occurred during the suo motu case hearing, which was combined with an earlier 2021 case about media harassment. The case was heard by three-judge panel that included Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice  Mussarat Hilali, and Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa. five-person Joint Investigation Team (JIT) was established by the  caretaker administration on January 17 in order to investigate the  details of harmful social media operation.

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