Report: Judges In Pakistan Receive Letters Containing ‘Nontoxic’ Arsenic Powder

An investigation report revealed that judges from the Supreme Court of Pakistan and various high courts received “suspicious and threatening letters” containing nontoxic arsenic powder, as reported by ARY News. The report on these letters has been forwarded to the Ministry of Interior. Notably, among the recipients were 10 judges from the Supreme Court, including Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, eight judges from the Islamabad High Court (IHC), and five from the Lahore High Court (LHC).

Chief Justice Aamer Farooq of the Islamabad High Court also received such letters. The report indicates that two separate cases concerning these letters have been registered with the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD). Additionally, two CTD teams have been formed to investigate stores in Rawalpindi and Islamabad that sell arsenic powder.

`The names of the letter senders have been forwarded to the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), while experts are analyzing the writing and ink on the envelopes. Daily progress updates are being provided to the high courts and the apex court, according to ARY News.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, during a federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad, assured that the federal government would investigate the matter of these ‘suspicious letters’ received by judges with a sense of responsibility and stressed the need to avoid politicizing the issue. Sharif noted that the inquiry commission was established with the consent and consultation of former Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice (retired) Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, and highlighted that the Supreme Court has taken suo motu notice of the matter.

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