ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notices to respondents of the case regarding the suspension of bails of police officers Saud Aziz and Khurram Shahzad in Benazir Bhutto murder case.
A division bench of the apex court comprising Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan and Justice Maqbool Baqar heard the case filed by the mother of Benazir Bhutto’s chief security officer Tauqeer Kaira.
Kaira was also killed in the attack that targeted the former prime minister in 2007.
The petition argues that officers Aziz and Shahzad were granted bails and posted at important positions despite their alleged involvement in the murder of Benazir Bhutto. It says that the then city police officer (CPO) Saud Aziz and superintendent police (SP) Khurram Shahzad were suspects in the Benazir Bhutto murder case as they had cleaned the site of Bhutto’s death soon after the attack.
The two officers were granted bail by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) after an anti-terrorism court (ATC) awarded both officers 17 years imprisonment.
The court on Thursday issued notices to the respondents after a short hearing of the case and adjourned the hearing to a future date.
