The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) has discarded the petition of slain journalist Arshad Sharif’s mother to add Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan, head of ARY Salman Iqbal, former minister Murad Saeed, former minister Faisal Vawda and senior journalist Imran Riaz Khan to the investigation.
The Supreme Court stated that the request of involving these persons can be made to Joint Investigation Team (JIT) instead.
The Supreme Court has issued a written order, stating that the lawyer of Arshad Sharif’s mother had requested the court to conduct an investigation involving the aforementioned five people.
The court dismissed the application, declaring it inadmissible and further stated that the request can be made to the JIT.
The petition submitted by the lawyer also stated that it is a request to Supreme Court to order the chief of JIT to include these five persons in the investigation.
