A serving judge has allegedly confessed to accepting Rs5 million in bribe to release Shoaib Ahmad Shaikh in the Axact fake degree scandal case.
Latest reports suggest that Additional District and Sessions Judge Pervais ul Qadir Memon has allegedly admitted in front of the court that he received 5 million rupees in return for acquitting Bol TV’s CEO Shoaib Ahmad in the Axact case.
IHC’s show-cause notice issued to the judge read that he “committed an act of corruption by receiving illegal gratification to the tune of Rs5 million for acquittal of accused [Shoaib Ahmed Sheikh] through judgment dated 31.10.2016”.