The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Tuesday took suo moto notice of senior journalist Arshad Sharif\u2019s murder in Kenya.
\nArshad was shot dead in Kenya by the local police along the Nairobi-Magadi highway in a \u201cmistaken identity case\u201d on October 23. The official police statement later expressed \u201cregrets on the unfortunate incident.\u201d
\nAs per details, a five-member larger bench of the SC headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial will hear the case today.
\nNotices have been served to the secretary of the interior, foreign secretary, secretary of information and broadcasting, the DG FIA and the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) president.
\nLast week, former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan penned down a letter to Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial and demanded a judicial inquiry into the killing of journalist Arshad Sharif.
\nIn the letter, Imran Khan demanded the chief justice to constitute a \u2018free\u2019 judicial commission to investigate the murder of senior journalist.
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