The Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the FIA from arrests of journalists till the next hearing of the case. “Is it the violation of the law?”, Chief Justice of Pakistan asked. “This notice has been under section 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code, it is a notice prior to registration of the FIR,” CJP said. “This notice can be served to me tomorrow, why you presume that they will register the FIR. At a time, an officer after comes under heavy pressure from above, issues notice but not registers an FIR, or arrest the person. In this notice they could also summon someone as a witness,” CJP said.
