KARACHI – The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday ordered registration of a murder case against Thatta district police officers and a custom officer allegedly involved in torturing a person to death. The SHC division bench comprising Justice Athar Saeed and Justice Irfan Sadat Khan was hearing a petition filed by Ilyas Babar, who had submitted that a police party headed by DSP Manzoor Ahmed and Inspector Ibraheem Pitai along with customs officer Mitha Khan had entered his house in Thatta district on February 22 and brutally tortured his brother Saleh, killing him on the spot. The petitioner stated that despite many efforts, the area police have not registered his complaint.
Citing DSP Ahmed, Inspector Pitafi and Khan as respondents, the applicant prayed the court that the area police be directed to register his complain.
After hearing the arguments, the bench ordered that the area police should register a case against the respondents as per the statement of the applicant. Acquittal appeals in triple murder case adjourned for a week: An appellate bench of the Sindh High Court on Monday adjourned for a week acquittal appeals by Asma Nawab and others against their conviction in a triple murder case.
Defending the applicants, Advocate Waqar Shah argued that the trial court did not fulfil the required formalities while issuing its verdict on the case. The counsel contended that the trail court had not given the applicants a chance to submit their case through their lawyers during the hearing of the case. An anti-terrorism court sentenced Asma Nawab, her boyfriend Farhan Khan and associate Javaid Siddiqui to death and Farhan Khan’s nephew Waseem to 10 years in prison on the charges of killing Asma Nawab’s father Nawab Hussain, her mother Abrar Begum and her elder brother Fahim Nawab in 1999.
The motive behind the triple murder was Asma Nawab’s parents’ opposition to her and Farhan Khan’s marriage. The applicants’ counsel argued that material irregularities in recording confessional statements existed and that the prosecution had failed to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt.
The appellate bench headed by Justice Maqbool Baqir adjourned the hearing for a week.
