A constitutional petition challenging a foreign agencyÂ’s involvement in a probe into the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday.Freelance journalist Shahid Orakzai filed the petition under Article 184(3) of the Constitution, and pleaded the court to declare involvement of any foreign agency in any criminal investigation inside Pakistan as ultra vires to the constitution and the Code of Criminal Procedure.
The federation, through the interior secretary, and Punjab province, through the home secretary, have been made respondents. Orakzai requested the court to instruct the Interior Ministry to suspend all investigations by any foreign agency inside Pakistan. He said the federation should immediately submit all evidence collected by any foreign agency before the court until his petition had been disposed of. He said sharing information with foreign agencies was a breach of the Official Secrets Act.