ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed a review petition filed by those convicted in the Pervez Musharraf attack case and upheld the Lahore High Court (LHC)’s decision. A three-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice (CJ) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took up the petition for hearing on Thursday. Lawyer Hashmat Habib appeared on behalf of the two accused, Aamir Sohail and Rana Naveed, who were both given life sentences by the LHC, while lawyer Col (r) Akram represented the rest of the accused.
Akram told the court about the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC)’s decision and the appeal filed in the LHC in the case. He requested the court to review the sentence awarded to the accused. Twelve of the accused were given death sentences, one was sentenced to 10 years in prison and Sohail and Naveed were given life sentences. The CJ said the bench was not hearing the appeal plea and if the counsels though there were any points that could be reviewed, then they should bring it to the court, a comment to which Akram could not reply.
Habib told the court that the ATC had sentenced his clients to 20 years in prison each and an appeal had been filed against the decision in the LHC, which the high court had dismissed.
