ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan announced verdict on Judge Arshad Malik’s video scandal stressing that all issues regarding the case have been addressed in the detailed verdict which will shortly be uploaded on the SC website on Friday.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Asif Saeed Khosa Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed, Justice Umar Ata Bandial, heard the case and affirmed that five aspects of the matter; i.e. authenticity of the video, the court which would determine the authenticity of the video, impact of the video on Nawaz Sharif case, impact on the video on judge’s future and the behaviour of Judge Arshad Malik were needed to be analyzed.
In the previous hearing, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had submitted its incomplete report in the apex court.
The chief justice had said in his remarks that the federal government is protecting Arshad Malik by not reverting his service to Lahore, and stressed that his conduct brought shame to all judges.
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa had said judges of such characters can be blackmailed by many people and expressed annoyance that Arshad Malik visited the suspect’s home after issuing verdict.
Last month, a citizen named Ishtiaq Ahmed submitted a petition in the apex court, who appealed to the top court for an independent judicial inquiry of the video scandal.
The Supreme Court took up the case and on July 12, judge Malik was relieved from his duties by the federal government for his alleged involvement in the controversial video scandal.
