Times of Islamabad

Chief Justice Lahore High Court reacts over Maryam Nawaz video against Judge Arshad Malik

Chief Justice Lahore High Court reacts over Maryam Nawaz video against Judge Arshad Malik

*MANCHESTER: Chief Justice of Lahore High Court Sardar Muhammad ShamimKhan** reactedover Maryam Nawaz video against Judge Arshad Malik.*

*He called for an inquiry regarding the truthfulness of the video showingAccountability Court Judge Arshad Malik. *

Speaking to media in Manchester, the high court chief justice said “itseems like the video of Judge Arshad Malik is fake.”

He added that a voice expert will test whether the audio belongs to theaccountability judge or not.

Addressing a press conference alongside top PML-N leadership on Saturday,Maryam Nawaz showed reporters a video in which accountability court judgeArshad Malik can be heard saying that there was “no proof of corruptionagainst the deposed premier” in the Al-Azizia reference.

A day earlier, Accountability Court Judge Arshad Malik, who sentencedformer prime minister Nawaz Sharif to jail has denied Maryam Nawaz’slink thatthe judge was blackmailed into convicting Nawaz without any evidence.

In a press release issued here from Islamabad, Judge Malik said that videoclip, showed during Maryam Nawaz’s press conference, was not representativeof the conversation he had with Nasir Butt.

“PML-N, Nawaz’s family, tried to bribe during the trial and when he didn’tcooperate, they threatened him”, Malik continued.