Arshad Sharif case: Slain journalist’s mother asks SC to include PTI chief, others in probe
Slain journalist Arshad Sharif’s mother has requested the Supreme Court to direct the special Joint Investigation Team (JIT) — probing her son’s killing in October last year — to include PTI Chairman Imran Khan and four other people in the investigation, it emerged on Thursday.
In an application, his mother named a total of five persons who “have been found claiming about the persons who are involved in the conspiracy and the execution of the murder”, and asserted they “need to be joined in the investigation to collect evidence against the real perpetrators”.
She has named Imran; PTI leaders Faisal Vawda and Murad Saeed; PTI-leaning journalist Imran Riaz Khan whose whereabouts are currently unknown; and ARY Chief Executive Officer Salman Iqbal as those who needed to join the probe.
The application also highlighted that the mother was not given access to the fact-finding inquiry report as well as the reports submitted by the JIT, keeping her “in dark about the persons joined in the investigation”.
“In order to conclude the fair investigation, it is incumbent upon the JIT to examine these persons along with other (sic) making claims to this effect,” it said.
In a separate application dated June 6, her counsel Advocate Raja Abdul Ghafoor also requested the Supreme Court that a copy of the fact-finding report be provided to him or that his fellow counsel, Advocate Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui, be provided access to peruse it with permission to take notes.
The said application noted that the same request was made during the last hearing but no order to this effect was passed due to the attorney-general’s “unwillingness”.
It emphasised, “Any material furnished before this august court cannot be kept secret if some negligent act has been performed by the investigation agency.
“That non-supply of these reports is like putting [salt] on the wound of applicant,” it added.
Source: Dawn
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