Arshad Sharif case lands in FCC

ISLAMABAD:

The newly empowered Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has set a date to take up the Arshad Sharif murder case, formally commencing proceedings on the request for an independent investigation into the journalist’s killing in Kenya.

According to the FCC’s cause list issued on Friday, the petition will be heard on December 3. 

Notices have been issued to the attorney general, the inspector general of Islamabad Police, the foreign secretary and others. 

The hearing will take place before a two-member bench consisting of 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 newly minted court.