Former accountability judge Arshad Malik has
passed away in Islamabad after contracting the coronavirus; his family said on
Friday. The news of Malik's demise was confirmed by his brother in law; Waheed
Javed. Javed said Malik's condition was critical for the past two days and he
had been placed on the ventilator. He added that the former judge was under
treatment at Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad. Malik is survived by
two sons and two daughters. In December 2018; Malik had convicted ex-premier
Nawaz Sharif in the Al Azizia reference, sentencing him to seven years in jail.
However; he had acquitted Sharif in the Flagship reference. But in July 2020;
after a year long inquiry; the Lahore High Court’s (LHC) administration committee
had removed Malik from service on charges of misconduct relating to a video
scandal that broke in 2019; and which sent ripples through political and legal
circles. The scandal was brought to the limelight by Sharif's daughter; PML-N
leader Maryam Nawaz; who had at the time come forward with video clips
purportedly showing Malik confessing that he had been ‘pressured and
blackmailed’ to convict Nawaz Sharif in the Al Azizia corruption reference.
0 Comments