RAWALPINDI-
Four death row convicts condemned to death for their involvement in 2002’s suicide bombing attack at Shah-e-Najaf Imam Bargah in Rawalpindi, were acquitted by Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench on Monday.
The attack led to a loss of 19 lives. 35 people were injured.
The four men, Fazal Muhammad, Tahir Mehmood, Hafiz Naseer and Habibullah, were handed down the death sentence by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in 2004.
The convicts then filed an intra-court appeal against the decision.
Hearing the case on the appeal, Justice Ibadur Rehman Lodhi and Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin ordered immediate release of the accused, observing that they were awarded death sentence over ‘insufficient proof’.
On Monday, LHC suspended death warrants for convicts Muhammad Faiz and Muhammad Sharif, condemned to death in two separate murder cases.
The court issued the orders after the convicts’ counsels pleaded that their clients’ appeals in Supreme Court are awaiting a decision.
Meanwhile,local court in Multan issued death warrants two convicts Ahmed Ali alias Shish Naag and Shabir alias Doctor for involvement in the two murders and assassination of District Superintendent Police (DSP) Khanewal, respectively.
Good..no wonder " military courts " justified. After 2004 conviction, the terrorists released…ha ha ha ha…keep it up judiciary & the civilian govt!
shame on coward judiciary and coward judges
I believe this is justice. They may very well be guilty but if you do not investigate the case properly and frame the charges with due proof, this will be the end result. No fault of the judges.
Clearly the judiciary is dysfunctional…convicted by a lower court, 10 years on death row, then the high court decides there is no evidence and frees them?…this is a very strong case for installing military courts…
These high court judges should be hanged in lieu of criminals.
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