A new audio call, allegedly between Mahjabeen Noon — the mother-in-law of Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial — and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawyer Khawaja Tariq Rahim’s wife, Rafia Tariq, surfaced Sunday.
In the purported audio, the two women can be heard discussing snap polls, their support for the chief justice and their resentment towards the incumbent government.
CJP Bandial’s mother-in-law and the PTI counsel’s wife, in the allegedly leaked call, talk about their concern for the chief justice amid the ongoing election delay case which is being heard by a three-member bench at the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Mahjabeen is heard extending her support towards her son-in-law assuring him to strengthen him in the midst of the rift between the government and the apex court.
“Weaken them and strengthen them,” the CJP’s mother-in-law said.
They also vaguely discuss about being in a Lahore rally where there were hundreds of thousands of people.
The bench — headed by CJP Bandial and comprising Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan and Justice Munib Akhtar as members — in its April 4 order, directed the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to hold the polls in Punjab on May 14.
