IHC summons Mir Shakil for running adverts against judiciary
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 25 May 2022
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The Islamabad High Court has summoned Mir Shakeel ur Rehman over newspaper adverts criticizing the judiciary. These adverts called for intervention from the Chief Justice regarding a murder case.Summary
ISLAMABAD—The Islamabad High Court Wednesday summoned Mir Shakeel ur Rehman, the Jang Group owner, after his newspapers, The News and Jang, published adverts against the judiciary.
The ads, published on May 23 and May 24, were given by the family of slain barrister Fahad Malik. The family sought Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial's intervention, claiming that the killers had "struck a deal with ruling judge" in the case. The CJP was requested to transfer the case to an "impartial and non-partisan judge of dignity."
The court ordered Aamir Ghuri, editor of the paper's Rawalpindi-Islamabad edition, to tender an apology, while Rehman was asked to appear before the court on May 30.
The court did not accept a verbal apology from the paper's editor.
Key Points
- IHC summoned Mir Shakeel ur Rehman for running ads against the judiciary.
- The ads were published by the family of slain barrister Fahad Malik.
- Family claims the killers struck a deal with the ruling judge.
- Court ordered the paper's editor to apologize but rejected a verbal excuse.
- Mir Shakeel ur Rehman is required to appear in court on May 30.
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