Pakistan's supreme court judges have ordered a sweep of their homes and courtrooms for spying devices after the government presented "scandalous" evidence in its case against the suspended chief justice, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry.
The supreme court rejected a dossier containing surveillance photos of Mr Chaudhry's home and transcripts of apparently bugged conversations, marked "secret", that was presented to the court yesterday.
The 13-judge bench reprimanded the government for producing "vexatious and scandalous" material, suspended the legal license of one of the government's lawyers , and banned intelligence agents from all future hearings of the superior courts.
The court ordered the Intelligence Bureau, Pakistan's main civilian spy agency, to ensure all bugging or other surveillance devices were removed from the homes and offices of supreme court judges within one week. (more)
