Dismissing the objections on the petition filed by Pakistan Awami Tahreek, the Lahore High Court accepted it for regular hearing from November 14.
The petitioner has raised objections on Justice (R) Amer Raza, head of the seven-member committee appointed to investigate the 'Newsgate Scandal', saying he (Raza) has close association with Sharif and therefore his investigation will not be impartial.
Since the publication of the 'anti-military' story on October 6 'Civilians tell military - act against militants or face international isolation', there has been immense pressure on the Nawaz government to probe the matter and fix the responsibility as who leaked the sensitive information to Dawn's reporter Cyril Almeida.
Sharif has already sacked his information minister Pervaiz Rashid for "failing to stop the publication of the story" that appeared just days after India conducted surgical strikes across the LoC in September end, inflicting significant casualties on the Pakistani side.
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The military said Dawn's story was a breach of national security.
Meanwhile, the country's print media watchdog, the Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) has asked the government's committee not to proceed against the newspaper (Dawn) or insist it to disclose its source.
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