Judge hearing video scandal case transferred.

ISLAMABAD -- The registrar office of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday replaced the Prevention of Electronic Crimes judge hearing video scandal of former accountability court judge Mohammad Arshad Malik and appointed him as district and sessions judge (DSJ) West Islamabad.

DSJ West Sohail Nasir was repatriated to the Lahore High Court (LHC).

He, however, would continue to work as director general monitoring of model courts.

Prevention of Electronic Crimes Court Judge Tahir Mehmood was hearing the video scandal case and recently dismissed an application filed by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) seeking transfer of the case to the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC).

Judge Mehmood also directed the FIA to submit complete challan in this matter enabling the court to commence trial against the persons nominated by the former accountability court judge.

FIA, however, challenged the decision of the judge before the Islamabad High Court (IHC).

IHC on Wednesday restrained the...

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