The Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) recorded the statements of two prosecution witnesses and of a man who had rented his house to the alleged assassins.
ATC Judge Shahid Raffique resumed hearing of the case at Adiala Jail on Saturday, during which the court recorded the statements of Federal Investigation Agency Assistant Director Nauman Ashraf Bodla and Pakistan Telecommunication Limited official Sarfraz Ahmed, and Ghulam Abbas who had rented his house to accused Rafaqat Hussain before the assassination.
Rafaqat Hussain and seven other people are on trial for their alleged involvement in the twice-elected prime minister’s murder.
The court also issued summons to seven other witnesses of the prosecution and ordered them to appear before the court on December 24, the date set for the next hearing. ATC has, till now, recorded the statements of eight witnesses in the BB murder case.
Judge Raffique postponed the hearing of the application of Begum Sehba Musharraf, in which she had asked for the release of the confiscated property of her spouse, former President, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who is also accused in the BB’s assassination case.
The judge deferred the hearing as the petitioner had already approached the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench for the transfer of the case.
Number of polio cases rises to 173 in 2011: The number of polio cases in the country has risen to 173 in 2011.
According to a private news channel report, during the current week, six new cases have been reported from Balochistan and two from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
As per data provided by the National Institute of Health (NIH), the highest number of polio cases has been registered in Balochistan (68), 50 from Fata, 30 from Sindh, 19 from KPK, 5 from the Punjab and one from Gilgit-Baltistan.
In 2010, 144 polio cases were reported while 2009 witnessed 116 polio cases. An anti-polio countrywide campaign is planned to start from December 19.
