SC probe in slain Pak journo's case begins

June 17, 2011 17:14

News on the judicial probe into the killing of Pakistani journalist Saleem Shahzad.

The Dawn newspaper says the Supreme Court took up a petition requesting the setting up of a judicial commission to investigate the killing of journalist Saleem Shahzad and issued notices to the federal secretaries for law, interior and information with directions to submit their responses before the court by June 20.

The court heard the petition moved by SCBA president Asma Jehangir on behalf of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists.

The petition requests the setting up of a high-powered judicial commission to investigate Shahzad's killing.

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