Murder case of Lawyer
ISLAMABAD: On Thursday, the Supreme Court summoned the PTI chairman and former prime minister in the murder case of senior Supreme Court lawyer Advocate Abdul Razzaq Shar.
The Supreme Court has asked the former prime minister to appear before them on July 24 at 10:30 am.
During the hearing, a three-member bench headed by Justice Yahya Khan Afridi considered the plea of the former prime minister.
At the beginning of the hearing, Latif Khosa, the counsel of the PTI chairman, requested the court to stop the proceedings of the case.
Khosa argued before the apex court that the JIT constituted by the government was against the law of the land.
In response, Justice Yahya Afridi remarked that the accused should surrender himself before the court first.
Justice Afridi asked why the PTI chairman did not contact the relevant forum to quash the FIR in the case.
Khosa replied that they had already filed a case in the SC after making the same plea in the Balochistan High Court.
Khosa claimed that the police registered the case against his client based on the complaint of the stepson of Shar.
Justice Naqvi said how police can registered a case when the Investigating Officer (IO) did not name the PTI chairman as an accused in the case.
Balochistan advocate general said that the court did not issue non-bailable arrest warrants for the former prime minister.
Later, the SC directed the former prime minister to appear before them on July 24 and adjourned the further hearing of the case.
The PTI chief was booked in the Advocate Abdul Razzaq Shar murder case, registered at the Shaheed Jameel Kakar police station under the charges of murder, terrorism, and others, based on the complaint of the deceased’s son.
