Supreme Court attack case:Notices issued to Sharifs in SC attack case

The Islamabad Police has decided to reopen the Supreme Court attack case and notices have been issued to Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif and his brother Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif to appear before the investigation officer, Geo News reported on Friday. The channel’s sources said the investigation was initiated on the directions of the Ministry of Interior and Senior Superintendent of Police Malik Yousaf had been appointed the enquiry officer. However, no dates have been mentioned in the notices, the channel said. Earlier, a local English daily had reported that Malik Yousaf had cautioned Interior Minister Rehman Malik against instituting cases against the two political heavyweights, saying this could prove counterproductive as the Sharif brothers would term it political victimization. The newspaper reported that after influencing the appointment of DIG Bani Amin Khan as the Inspector General of Police Islamabad, the interior minister had asked him to investigate the Sharif brothers in connection with the SC attack. However, the IGP regretted, saying he was left with only 18 months in service and did not want to get involved in any controversy. About two years back, the interior minister had also issued directives to the then IGP Syed Kaleem Imam but he also refused to get himself involved in the case.