A US forensic audit company Primeau Forensics confirms on Wednesday that it had inspected an audiotape sent by a Pakistani television channel, but withheld further details of its report.
“It was a specific thing that we did for our client and we are not discussing it with anyone,” a company representative stated while adding that “we have no press release.”
The company representative further revealed that their client, ARY News, had the report and “only they can share the details with others”.
Earlier, a report claimed that ARY News had asked the US company Primeau Forensics to do a forensic analysis of an audio leak of the former chief justice of Pakistan Saqib Nisar.
As per the details of the audio, two persons can be heard discussing cases against PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz. Reports in the Pakistani media claimed that one of the persons was Mr Nisar, the former chief justice.
ARY News claimed that when it asked Primeau Forensics if the recording was of the original conversation or came from an edited tape, the company said the two parts of 20 and 25 seconds each were recorded in a different environment.
According to ARY News, the audit of this 45-second file showed two “reverberences” in the voice as the person spoke from two different locations. The voice was clearer during the last 20 seconds as it came from a closer range.
The company told ARY News that it believed “the unknown Fact Focus clip was generated from at least two different sources”.
They observed “two different reverberences, indicating that the first portion of the audio was likely recorded in a different environment than the second portion”.
It is pertinent to note that Primeau Forensics is based in Rochester Hills, Michigan. A post on its website says that its experts have processed over 5,000 audio, video and image forensic investigations and provided expert testimony in over 500 cases in local, state and federal courts.
It merits mention that the company claims to have 30 years of experience in this field, working for attorney generals of multiple US States, CNN, AP and other major organisations.
As per ARY News, it had paid Rs1 million for the audit.
