The joint investigation team (JIT) probing the Arshad Sharif murder case on Monday apprised the Supreme Court of the non-cooperation of Kenyan officials.
The JIT also informed the top court that they were unable to find any ‘concrete’ evidence of the killing.
The court ordered the team to trace suspects who publicized the fact-finding report and adjourned the hearing for a month.
During the hearing, the JIT presented its second progress report in court.
The bench reprimanded the JIT’s head. Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi asked the team whether they had done the job they were tasked with and found any evidence from Kenya.
In response, the JIT’s head told the court that they met Kenyan officials, but they refused to give them access to evidence.
Justice Naqvi reprimanded him saying that he must not beat about the bush.
JIT head confessed that they were unable to find anything substantial in the case.
Justice Ijaz ul Ahsan asked where the mobile phones and other belongings of the slain journalist were to which the JIT head replied that those were under the possession of the Kenyan IT department.
SC ordered an investigation against the culprits behind publicizing the fact-finding report.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial directed to trace the people who leaked the report.
