Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, has taken Suo Moto notice of the ‘brutal killing’ of journalist Arshad Sharif.


The Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan has issued notices to Secretary Interior, Secretary Foreign Affairs, Secretary Information and Broadcasting, DG (FIA), DG (IB) and President PFUJ and has fixed the matter today, on 6th December, 2022 at 12:30pm before a five member larger bench to be headed by Justice Bandial.

Arshad Sharif was assassinated in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, on October 23 in what their local police claimed was a case of ‘mistaken identity’.

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PTI leader Fawad Chaudhry welcomed the move by the Chief Justice.