Bhuttos death warrant executed in haste: AG

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Attorney General continued his arguments before the Supreme Court bench during hearing of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reference on Wednesday.
The Attorney General in his arguments said that the execution normally carried out during 7 to 21 days of a death warrant, while in the case of Bhutto it was hastily executed.
The chief justice advised AG to present the constitutional and legal rationales and refrain from repeating the arguments of Babar Awan representing the federation.
Supreme Court eleven-member bench headed by the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, hearing the case this morning here.
Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Huque in his arguments further said that the Lahore High Court acted as the trial court in Bhutto case brazenly negating the court orders.
Chief Justice in his remarks said that the presidential reference relates to an international personality’s case on which the entire world’s eyes were fixed on it and added that the court would answer only those questions raised in the reference.