Court to focus on calls for ‘independent and transparent investigation into murder’
Senior Reporter Arshad Sharif. Photo: Twitter
ISLAMABAD:
The newly empowered Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has set a date to take up the Arshad Sharif murder case, officially opening proceedings on the request for an independent investigation into the journalist’s murder in Kenya.
According to the FCC’s list of cases released Friday, the petition will be heard on December 3.
Notices have been issued to the Attorney General, Inspector General of Police Islamabad, Foreign Minister and others.
The hearing will be held before a two-member bench comprising Justices Aamir Farooq and Rozi Khan Barrech. The court will focus on calls for an “independent and transparent investigation into the murder of renowned journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya.”
The high-profile case, once handled by the Supreme Court under its suo motu jurisdiction, migrated to the FCC after the 27th Constitutional Amendment reshaped the judicial landscape, transferring authority over constitutional and suo motu matters to the new court.
