PFUJ demands CJP to call suo motu hearing on Arshad Sharif’s assassination case

Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has demanded the Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial to call upon suo motu hearing on Arshad Sharif’s assassination case.

The PFUJ wrote a letter to the CJP to demand the Supreme Court (SC) for conducting suo motu proceedings into Arshad Sharif’s assassination case and forming a judicial commission led by a sitting SC judge.

The letter stated, “I am writing this letter to you with a heavy heart as I witness the prevailing state of injustices perpetrated against journalists. The office of the chief Justice is supreme because it has to weigh justice that is a divine attribute, deputed to all human beings by God Almighty. Therefore, our only hope is now tied to your high office.”

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“Honorable sir, as you must be aware of the blatant murder of Arshad Sharif. The manner in which it was carried out sends tremors and shockwaves of terror to all who dare to stick with the principles of Journalism. This act of terror has inflicted great mental shock to not just the stain journalist’s family but to the entire fraternity and the whole nation that is now struggling to find answers to some basic questions The question, however, remains simple: How many more colleagues do we have to lose? And when will this all be over?”

It stated that the level of information that is available by now raises some serious questions about who will impart justice to the slain journalist and his grieving family who all fundamental rights as do any other law abiding citizen of Pakistan.

“Our only option now is the constitution of a commission that is headed by serving Justices of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of Pakistan. The family of the slain journalist as well as the journalist community has already reposed their trust in a commission headed by the Hon’ble Justice of the Supreme Court which doesn’t only have fair competence to investigate but also the experience and authority to look into the minute details of the heinous murder.”

“Honorable sir, let our request not be turned down, let your office be the one that would uphold the great notion of fundamental freedoms as to life, liberty, security, free trial, and all other constitutional guarantees that sadly are preserved in the document but missing in reality.”

“At last, I would request your high offices to turn this letter into a petition and call upon suo motu hearing on this case so that the entire nation may take a sigh of relief from the toxicity of injustices that we are frequently subjected to.”

“Until then, the press community, bereaved family and the entire nation will be striving to seek justice,” the letter concluded.