Mansoor Usman Awan, the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP), gave the Supreme Court an assurance on Tuesday that until the February 8 general elections, no action would be taken against journalists who had received notifications for allegedly participating in a 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 a three-judge panel that included Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Mussarat Hilali, and Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa. A five-person Joint Investigation Team (JIT) was established by the caretaker administration on January 17 in order to investigate the details of a harmful social media operation.