LAHORE – After receiving suspicious letters addressed to judges of the Islamabad High Court and Supreme Court, another judge of the Lahore High Court has also received a suspicious letter.
The sources said that Justice Ali Baqir Najfi has received a suspicious letter.
Upon receiving the information, officials from the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) and police reached the Lahore High Court.
After delivering the letter to Justice Ali Baqir Najfi the number of suspicious letters received by judges of the Lahore High Court has now reached six.
It may be mentioned here that previously, four judges of the Supreme Court including Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa had also received the threatening letters.
Supreme Court judges including Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Jamal Mandokhel and Justice Aminuddin had received threatening letters.
According to the sources, all four letters were received on April 1st at the Supreme Court, containing powder and were in threatening forms.
The letters have been handed over to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD).
Previously, Chief Justice Aamer Farooq of the Islamabad High Court and seven other judges of the Islamabad High Court had also received suspicious letters in recent days, containing powder and threatening symbols.
The significant progress has been made in the investigation of the letters received by judges.
Major developments have been made in the examination of the letters sent to the Supreme Court and High Court judges.
The presence of arsenic has been revealed in the powder obtained from the letters.
According to the sources, the amount of arsenic in the powder found in the letters can be up to 10 percent.
Arsenic is a poisonous substance. A quantity of arsenic in powder exceeding 70 percent is highly poisonous. Its inhalation severely affects the nerves of a person.
The samples of the powder obtained from the letters have been sent to the Forensic Lab Punjab.
