The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) on Friday set a date for the Arshad Sharif murder case, where the request for an independent investigation into the murder would be heard.
Prominent journalist Sharif was head shot when Kenyan police opened fire on his car in October 2022. He had left Pakistan in August 2022 after multiple cases of sedition They were registered against him in different cities.
He suo motu The case was taken up by a six-member constitutional bench headed by Justice Aminuddin Khan in the Supreme Court. However, after the passage of the 27th Amendment and the formation of the FCC, it was granted both constitutional and constitutional jurisdiction. suo motu cases.
On Friday, the FCC’s cause list showed that a hearing had been scheduled for December 3, with the attorney general, Islamabad inspector general of police (IG) and foreign secretary, among other respondents.
It will be heard by a two-member bench comprising Justices Aamir Farooq and Rozi Khan Barrech, on an “independent and transparent investigation into the murder of renowned journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya”.
In August last year, former Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa explained that the Arshad Sharif murder case was not decided before a larger bench of five judges as it did not require any constitutional interpretation.
In July 2024, the high court had referred the case back to the three-judge committee constituted under the Supreme Court (Practice and Procedure) Act, 2023 to rearrange it before a five-judge bench.
