KARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday issued notices to representatives of several press bodies and journalists to appear before the Supreme Court’s Lahore Registry tomorrow (Sunday).
The court will resume hearing the suo motu case of Zainab murder tomorrow. The summons to media representatives were issued at the heels of false allegations made by TV anchorperson Shahid Masood about the suspect recently arrested in Zainab murder case.
He was hearing the Naqeebullah Mehsud extrajudicial killing at Supreme Court’s Karachi Registry when he summoned members of Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA), The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE), All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS), senior journalists, analysts and TV anchorpersons.
“The provision of justice to the masses is not the sole responsibility of judiciary rather the press shares an equal onus,” he remarked.
Referring to baseless ‘revelations’ made by Dr Shahid Masood, the CJP said the top court took notice of rape and murder victim and the responsibility is on the press to ensure transmission of authentic information.
The court then issued summons to Kashif Abbasi, Hamid Mir, Hamid Haroon, Fahad Hussain, I.A Rehman, Kamran Khan, Zia Shahid, Sarmad Ali, Aamir Mehmood, Hamid Haroon, and Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman for hearing tomorrow at Supreme Court’s Lahore Registry.
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