ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday arrested Mian Tariq, the prime suspect in video leak controversy involving accountability court judge Arshad Malik. Earlier, following the forensic, the video was traced from Mian Tariq’s adobe. Subsequently, Tariq was arrested by the agency’s cybercrime wing while he was trying to flee to Dubai. As per Section 5A of the National Accountability Ordinance (NAO), the Law Ministry, with the consent of the chief justice of a high court, appoints judges for special courts, including accountability courts. Apparently, the decision to remove Justice Malik has also been made in light of the aforementioned section.

Source: Pakistan Today July 17, 2019 09:11 UTC