Supreme Court to hear senior journalist & anchorperson Arshad Sharif murder case tomorrow

ISLAMABAD, Feb 12 (SABAH): A five-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Umar Ata Bandial will hear the suo moto notice case into senior journalist and anchorperson Muhammad Arshad Sharif’s murder in Kenya tomorrow (Monday). The hearing of the case will be conducted at 1:00 PM.

Chief justice of Pakistan had taken suo moto regarding Independent and Transparent Investigation into the Murder of Renowned Journalist, Arshad Sharif in Kenya v.

The other members of the bench include Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail and Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar.

The court has issued notices to Secretary Interior, D.G. (F.I.A.), Attorney General for Pakistan, Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President PFUJ, D.G. I.B, Secretary M/o Information and Broadcasting, Sh. Mahmood Ahmad, AOR, Adil Aziz Qazi, ASC, Muhammad Saad Umar Butter, ASC, Chaudhry Akhtar Ali, AOR, Shazib Masud, ASC, and Inspector General of Police Islamabad regarding the hearing of the case.

According to media reports, the special Joint Investigation Team (JIT) formed to probe the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif will submit its report to the Supreme Court, tomorrow (Monday).

The team returned to Pakistan, last week after completing its inquiry in Kenya and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Senior journalist was killed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on October 23 where he was living in self-exile.

On December 8, the federal government formed a new special joint investigation team (JIT) formed to probe the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif with the Supreme Court (SC).

The new JIT includes members from ISI, IB, FIA and the Islamabad police. The members include DIG Intelligence Branch, Sajid Kiyani, FIA’s Waqarauddin Syed, DIG Headquarters, Owais Ahmed, Murtaza Afzal from the Military Intelligence and Muhammad Aslam from the ISI.