SC hints at forming judicial commission in Arshad Sharif murder case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) hinted at forming a judicial commission in the murder of senior journalist Arshad Sharif, ARY News reported on Wednesday.

As per details, the Supreme Court has issued the written verdict of last hearing of the Arshad Sharif murder sou motu case.

The written verdict stated if the court is not satisfied with the investigation, then a judicial commission will be constituted.

The counsel of Arshad Sharif’s family Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui has raised objections to the court proceedings, he said that the Supreme Court can monitor and investigate matter cases related to basic rights but cannot monitor the investigation of JIT.

The court said that Attorney General informed the court about the bilateral cooperation from the Kenyan side but they did not respond on the legal cooperation with the Pakistani officials.

The written verdict further stated that the court has granted three more weeks to JIT to conduct the investigation abroad.

Supreme Court can constitute a judicial commission, as the murder of prominent journalist Arshad Sharif is a matter of basic human rights as well.

Furthermore, the court has received more than 5000 letters for the investigation of the Arshad Sharif Murder case. The case will now resume in the month of April.

Earlier, the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) regretted over no-progress in the Arshad Sharif murder case.

CJP said the SC took suo moto notice of the matter after five weeks. “We are not supervising the probe, but facilitating the probe.”

The JIT was not being provided with funds for Kenya, and UAE visits to probe, the government released the funds on SC’s intervention, the CJP added.

It is pertinent to mention here that the senior journalist and former ARY News anchor, was killed in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on October 23 where he was living in self-exile.