Threat letters to judges written by same author using names Resham, Reshma, and Gulshad Khatoon

The forensic report revealed that a single author penned threat letters to the higher judiciary, using the aliases Resham, Reshma, and Gulshad Khatoon.

The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) received the forensic report confirming that the handwriting on the letters sent to the judges is identical. 

Letters were sent to the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Islamabad High Court (IHC) and Lahore High Court (LHC) from the same post office.

The investigation linked purchase of arsenic used in letters to the same suspect, meanwhile, the CTD officials are closing in on where the arsenic in the letters was purchased.

NADRA is currently assisting in identifying individuals from CCTV footage near the postboxes.

The higher ranks in the judiciary who received threatening letters along with the powder included four Supreme Court judges, eight IHC judges, and six LHC judges.

Following an FIR filed against two unidentified suspects, the CTD, with the help of NADRA launched an investigation into CCTV footage from letterboxes at the Satellite Town sub-divisional post office in Rawalpindi. 

News of the threatening letters sparked fear and uproar in the judiciary. First, judges at the Islamabad High Court received them, followed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa and three other Supreme Court judges, including Justice Athar Minallah, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, and Justice Aminuddin.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to thoroughly investigate the matter and identify the suspects involved in threatening the higher judiciary.