IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 
    (Appellate Jurisdiction) 
 
 
 
Present: 
Mr. Justice Jawwad S. Khawaja 
Mr. Justice Khilji Arif Hussain 
Mr. Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan 
 
 
CMAs Nos.2380 to 2385 of 2013 alongwith CMA-2376/2013 in Constitution Petition 
No.105/2012  
 
 
 
AND 
Constitution Petition No.105/2012 alongwith CMA-3795/2012 & CMA-3798/2012 
HRC No.23957-S/12 and Const. Petition No.53 of 2012 
 
 
 
AND 
Constitution Petition No.117 of 2012 
 
Hamid Mir and another 
 
… 
 
Petitioner (s) 
Versus  
Federation of Pakistan, etc. 
 
… 
  
Respondent (s) 
 
For the applicant(s):  
Ms. Asma Jehangir, Sr. ASC 
(In CMAs-2380 to 2385/13 
 
Mr. Tariq Mehmood, Sr. ASC 
 
 
 
 
Applicant in person (in CMA-2376/13) 
 
For the petitioner(s):  
M/s Hamid Mir and Absar Alam (both in person) 
 
 
 
 
Mr. Asad Kharal 
 
For the petitioner(s):  
Dr. Tariq Hassan, ASC  
(In Const.P.53/12) 
 
 
 
For the petitioner(s):  
Mr. Taufiq Asif, ASC 
(In Const.P.104/12) 
 
Mian Gul Hassan Aurangzeb, ASC 
 
For the petitioner(s):  
Sheikh Ahsan ud Din, ASC 
(In Const.P.117/12) 
 
For respondent No.1:  
Raja Aamir Abbas, ASC 
Mr. M. Azam, Additional Secretary. 
Mr. Nasir Jamal, DG 
Mr. Tahir Hassan, Director o/o Secretary. 
 
 
 
 
Muhammad Azam (Press Information Officer) 
For M/o Information:  
Mr. Tahir Hassan, D.G. Information  
 
For Pak. Broadcasting  
Khawaja Tariq Sohail, ASC 
Association: 
 
 
 
For respondents 2-3:  
Mr. Hasnain Ibrahim Kazmi, ASC 
 
For respondent No.4-5: 
Nemo 
 
For respondent No.6:  
Nemo. 
 
For respondent No.7:  
Mr. Naveed Ihsan & Mr. Asif Hussain 
 
For respondent No.8:  
Nemo. 
 
For the Federation: 
 
Mr. Dil Muhammad Khan Alizai, DAG 
 
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For the Province of KPK: 
Syed Arshad Hussain Shah, Addl. A.G. 
 
For respondent No.11 & 
Mr. Yasin Azad, ASC and Raja Muqsit Nawaz, ASC 
Value T.V.: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mr. Asad Kharal, Express TV. 
 
 
 
 
Mr. Arshad Sharif, Bureau Chief, DUNYA TV. 
 
 
 
 
Mr. Ghulam Nabi, President, Press Association SC. 
 
 
 
 
Mr. M. Hanif Awan, (CMA 3464/12) 
For PFUJ: 
 
 
Mr. Riffat Qadri 
For ECP: 
 
 
Mr. Abdul Rehman, Addl. DG Law. 
For M/s Vision Network: 
Mr. Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry, ASC 
For M/s AURORA: 
 
Nemo. 
For Airwaves:  
 
Mr. Babar Bilal, ASC 
For Express TV: 
 
Nemo 
For VIVE TV:  
 
Nemo. 
For PTV: 
 
 
Mr. Shahid Mehmood Khokhar, ASC 
For Punjab T.V.: 
 
Nemo. 
For PEMRA:  
 
Syed Hasnain Ibrahim Kazmi, ASC 
For Airways Media:  
Nemo. 
For ARY: 
 
 
Nemo. 
For Cable Operators:  
Dr. Amjad Hussain Bokhari, ASC 
For Pakistan Broadcasters: 
Nemo. 
(In CMA-3464/12): 
 
Mr. M. S. Khattak, AOR 
For Indus Television:  
Mr. Tariq Ismail 
On Court’s Notice: 
 
Dr. Asif ur Rehman, D.G. (Federal Audit) 
Date of Hearing: 
 
25.4.2013 
 
ORDER 
 
Jawwad S. Khawaja, J.- These applications have been filed by the applicants Ms 
Rameeza Nizami (CMAs-2380/13, 2382/13), Ms. Fareeha Idrees (CMA-2381/13, 
2385/13), Ms. Muniza Jehangir (CMAs-2383-2384/13) and Mr. Shakeel Ahmed Turabi 
(CMA-2376/13). The applicants have raised certain objections as to the contents of list 
‘A’ posted as part of our previous order on the Supreme Court’s web-site. The same list 
has also been posted on the web site of PEMRA.  
2. 
Let notice issue to the other parties including the petitioners in the main petitions 
who may file a reply to the same within this week.  
3. 
The Director General Federal Audit is present in person. He says that it will take 
approximately three weeks to audit the amount mentioned in list ‘A’ referred to in our 
previous order. He will do so within the said period and submit the report in Court.  
 
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4. 
We may add that the learned Attorney General has also sought time to show to 
the Court such laws, rules, regulations, directives etc. which we have been asking for 
repeatedly through our previous orders, to justify the Government’s opposition to audit 
of expenditure or non-disclosure of information to the public from whom the amounts 
spent have been extracted.  
5. 
This order shall also be posted on the Supreme Court’s web-site. To come up on 
2.5.2013.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Judge 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Judge 
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Judge 
Islamabad,  
25.4.2013 
M. Azhar Malik