Journey of truth begins today: CJP

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday ruled for disregarding the whole testimony if any part of it is found to be false and ordered action against a police personal for giving false testimony in a murder case

A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa heard a case of Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) Khizar Hayat who had given a false testimony in a murder case in Narowaal in 2007.

The court directed District and Sessions Judge Narowaal to proceed against Khizar Hayat in accordance with law as he gave false testimony. “From today we are starting journey towards truth,” the Chief Justice remarked and ruled that now the whole testimony will be disregarded if any part of it found to be false. The court observed that the era of false testimony is over.

On February 13, the court while hearing the murder case of Narowaal in 2007 had acquitted accused Muhammad Ilyas and had summoned Khizar Hayat for giving false testimony in the instant case.

In pursuance of the court’s direction, ASI Khizar Hayat appeared before the court. The Chief Justice asked Khizar Hayat that he was posted at police station Wahdat Colony, Lahore so how he witnessed the incident that happened in Narowaaal

“Being a police official, you told a lie and gave false testimony”, the CJ told Khizar. The court then directed the District and Sessions Judge Narowaal to proceed against Khizar in accordance with law for giving false testimony.

It is pertinent to mention here that last month on February 20, Chief Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa after launching a crackdown against false witnesses, had directed initiation of a trial against a person for giving false testimony in a murder case.

The Chief Justice while hearing an appeal of one Zohra alias Zaheer against the verdict of the high court, had directed the judge of Anti-Terrorism Court to file a complaint with District and Sessions Judge Faisalabad to proceed in accordance with law while initiating a trial of Muhammad Arshid for giving false testimony in murder case of one Assistant Sub Inspector of Police Mazhar Hussain.