Former accountability court judge Arshad Malik passes away due to COVID-19

Former accountability court judge Arshad Malik passed away in Islamabad on Friday due to COVID-19.

As being reported, the former judge was under treatment at Shifa International Hospital for the past few days after contracting coronavirus.

He was put on a ventilator after his health deteriorated.

The news of Arshad Malik’s death was confirmed by his brother-in-law, Waheed Javed.

In December 2018, Arshad Malik had handed ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif seven years in jail in the Al Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference.