Islamabad: The Islamabad High Court has reserved its decision on the request to establish a judicial commission to investigate the murder of Arshad Sharif Shaheed.
Chief Justice Islamabad High Court Justice Amir Farooq heard the case, Attorney General appeared in the court.
During the hearing, the Attorney General stated that there was an agreement with the Kenyan government, that the Kenyan government had granted some access to the fact-finding report, and that the Kenyan government had expressed displeasure when that report was made public. Did and terminated access.
The Attorney General said that after that the general elections were held in Kenya, after that the report was completed, the draft of the agreement has been approved by the cabinet and now it will be sent to Kenya, two Pakistanis were investigated in the case of Arshad Sharif Shaheed. went
The Chief Justice remarked that this application is related to the Judicial Commission, what is Pakistan’s stand on the agreement that has been reached or not.
The Attorney General said that a 5-member bench of the Supreme Court has been constituted and the case will be heard after the summer vacation.
The Chief Justice remarked that if a judicial commission is formed in Pakistan, can the investigation be done in Kenya, the Kenyan authorities are not bound to appear before the commission. The Attorney General replied that this would not happen as there would be difficulties even after the agreement with Kenya.
After the arguments, the court reserved its decision on the request for establishment of judicial commission.
