The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) No 1, Rawalpindi, recorded the statement of a prosecution witness on Saturday in Benazir Bhutto’s (BB) murder case.
ATC Judge Shahid Raffique resumed haring of the case in Adiala jail and recorded the statement of Ahmed Masood Janjua, the magistrate who wrote confessional statement of Abdul Rasheed, an accused in BB’s murder case.
However, the statements of other four witnesses of prosecution could not be recorded on Saturday owing to absence of defense lawyers.
The court deferred the hearing till March 10, 2012.
The seven accused including former City Police Officer (CPO) Syed Saud Aziz and former SP Rawal Town Khurram Shehzad, Aitzaz Shah, Rafaqat, Hassnain Gull, Rasheed Ahmed and Sher Zaman were also present in the courtroom during the hearing.
Meanwhile, the court also fixed March 10, 2012, for arguments from both sides in the application filed by Begum Sehba Musharraf to defreeze bank accounts of her spouse General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, the accused in BB’s murder case.
HAJ CASE: Former Director General (DG) Haj Rao Shakeel Ahmed, who was arrested in connection with Haj scam, has also been found allegedly involved in hiding his original age to get appointed as DG Haj.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had registered a fresh case against Rao Shakeel for concealing his age. The FIA produced the accused before Special Judge Central (SJC) Mian Khalid Shabbir and sought his physical remand. The court handed over former DG Haj to the agency for investigation.
FATA levies graduate from US-supported training class: The fourth class of levies from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on Saturday graduated from a US-sponsored training programme, the Levies Basic Recruitment Course, at the Police Headquarters in Islamabad.
With the graduation of this 37-member class, a total of 224 FATA levies have received basic training since May 2010 under the sponsorship of the US embassy’s Police Assistance Programme, says a press release issued by the US embassy.
Narcotics Deputy Secretary for FATA Munir Ullah Khan presided over the ceremony and presented the graduates certificates, honouring their achievement. This graduation is the latest milestone in the US police training programme, which has to date provided equipment worth $17 million, including vehicles, communication equipment, body armour and other items to the FATA Secretariat, the press release added.
