Former accountability court judge Arshad Malik has passed away due to the novel coronavirus, local media reported on Friday.
Judge Malik, on December 4, 2018, had handed ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif seven years in jail in the Al Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference. He, however, had acquitted him in a second reference related to Flagship Investments.
Following the controversy, the Islamabad High Court had repatriated him to the LHC, his parent department, for disciplinary proceedings.
