Pakistan PM writes to top judge on Khan attack, journalist murder

Shehbaz Sharif requires the formation of judicial commissions to probe the assassination try on Imran Khan and TV journalist’s killing in Kenya.

Shehbaz Sharif mentioned he has written two letters to Umar Ata Bandial, the chief justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court docket [File: Press Information Department/Handout via Reuters]

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has requested the nation’s high choose to type judicial commissions to analyze the assassination try on his predecessor Imran Khan and the killing of a Pakistani journalist in Kenya.

In a tweet on Tuesday evening, Sharif mentioned he has written two letters to Umar Ata Bandial, the chief justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court docket, requesting that he type a “judicial fee to analyze Arshad Sharif’s killing and assault on Imran [Khan]”.

“These unlucky incidents are getting used to make false allegations, unfold chaos and undermine establishments. Let fact b (sic) decided,” he posted.

I've written 2 letters to Chief Justice of 🇵🇰 with a request to type judicial fee to analyze Arshad Sharif’s killing & assault on Imran. These unlucky incidents are getting used to make false allegations, unfold chaos & undermine establishments. Let fact b decided

— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) November 8, 2022

Khan sustained bullet wounds in his leg final week throughout a rally in Wazirabad metropolis in Pakistan’s jap province of Punjab. He was shifted to a hospital in Lahore from the place he was discharged on Sunday.

Investigative journalist Arshad Sharif was shot lifeless final month in Kenya’s capital Nairobi after police reportedly opened hearth on his automobile. Kenyan authorities mentioned they regretted the killing, calling it “a case of mistaken id”.

However Pakistan’s inside minister on Tuesday mentioned the well-known TV journalist was a sufferer of a focused killing.

“Now we have sought briefing from the inquiry workforce which visited Kenya and from the knowledge they gave, it appears to be like like this was a focused assault, and never a case of mistaken id,” Rana Sanaullah mentioned throughout a information convention in Islamabad.

In his letter concerning the try on Khan’s life, the Pakistani premier steered the fee ought to comprise Supreme Court docket judges, who ought to search to analyze the folks accountable for offering safety to Khan and what safety measures have been taken to safeguard the politician’s life.

Sharif’s letter additionally highlighted the delay in registering the police grievance into the matter. A primary data report (FIR) was filed by the police on Monday – 5 days after the assassination try – with Khan’s social gathering calling it a “mockery of justice”.

“It's a meaningless FIR. It isn't even definitely worth the paper it's written on,” a member of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) social gathering informed Al Jazeera.

Khan has accused Prime Minister Sharif, inside minister Rana Sanaullah and a senior navy official of hatching a plot to kill him. The PTI chief, nonetheless, has not shared any proof to again his declare.

The federal government and the navy have denied the costs, calling for an neutral investigation into the assault.

In his different letter to the highest choose on the killing of the journalist in Kenya, Sharif known as for the formation of one other judicial fee, asking it to look into the explanations behind the journalist’s departure from Pakistan in August and who facilitated it.

Emphasising the significance of neutral investigations into the 2 incidents to revive public confidence, the prime minister added that the federal government would offer full help to the 2 commissions.

“The federal government is of the opinion that pending legal investigation and with the intention to put issues to relaxation and restore public confidence in state establishments, an neutral physique must inquire into the matter to establish information, establish culprits, and affix accountability,” Sharif wrote.