The Supreme Court judgment on a review petition in the Accountability Court Judge Mohammad Arshad Malik video scam has been submitted to the Islamabad High Court.
Former premier Nawaz Sharif's counsel on Saturday filed the apex court judgment on review petition in the video scam in the ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's appeal in Al-Azizia Mills.
The Supreme Court in the judgment on review petition made it clear that its observations in former Accountability Court judge Mohammad Arshad Malik video scam will not influence ex-PM Nawaz Sharif's appeal in Al-Azizia Mills pending before the Islamabad High Court (IHC).
The top court clarified: "Nothing in the order dated 23-08-2019 is to be construed as precluding the petitioner (Nawaz Sharif) from agitating any questions or stemming from or before the Appellate Court, or any other court or authority, before whom any such question is raised shall decide the same without in any manner being influenced by anything said, or finding given, by apex court in its 23-08-2019 order."
The Supreme Court in August this year had passed the order; "It may not be an appropriate stage for it to interfere in the matter of the video scam and its effects, particularly when the said video may have relevance to a criminal appeal presently sub judice before the Islamabad High Court."
Regarding tying the IHC hands in exercise of its jurisdiction and in choosing the various options legally available to it in deciding Nawaz Sharif appeal against his conviction and sentenced, the bench said: "We would not like to comment on these aspects any further as the choices available with the IHC would lie within the jurisdiction of the High Court and such choices would be exercised by it on the basis of the facts found and the conclusions reached by it."
PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on July 6 along with the senior leaders of PML-N held a press conference wherein she displayed a video recording allegedly a conversation between judge of Accountability Court Arshad Malik with respondent No. 6 (Nasir Butt), which has created an impression that the judiciary is not working independently; rather, it is blackmailed and forced to act on the instructions of blackmailing persons.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2019
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