Daily Times

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday decided a suo motu case regarding killing of Barrister Fahad Malik with the directives to parties concerned for approaching the appropriate forum in case of any grievance.

Barrister Fahad Malik, nephew of former Senate chairman Mohammad Mian Soomro, was killed in August in Islamabad’s F10 area when he was attempting to mediate between two clashing parties.

After the incident, Chief Justice of Pakistan Anwar Zaheer Jamali took cognisance of the matter on the note of the SC registrar.

The note stated that police, who saw the two parties in clash, should have anticipated breach of peace.

“On account of the lethargic attitude of the Police Department, one of the accused has initially succeeded in obtaining interim bail from the Islamabad District and Sessions Court, which was cancelled and the accused was handed over to police on physical remand,” read the note.

While taking the notice over the matter, the SC had issued a notice to the Islamabad police IG and directed him for submission of the report.

Investigation Officer Muhammad Younas submitted that investigation into the crime had been completed.

Though no notice was issued to counsels for complainant, they appeared before the chief justice, saying the trial court passed an order on December 21, wherein the terror clause 7 ATA had been deleted from the case. They said that the order subsequently weakened the case.

However, the court observed that no further steps were required to be taken in the proceedings.

Accordingly, the case has been disposed of with the observation of the top court that aggrieved parties may pursue appropriate forums if they have any grievance.