Benazir assassination case adjourned

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Benazir assassination case adjourned

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LHC Rawalpindi bench has adjourned hearing for two days of bail plea by Sher Zaman.

22 August,2011 10:16 pm

Zaman is an accused in Benazir assassination case. A division bench comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Khawaja Imtiaz Ahmad took up the case for hearing Monday.Khurram Qureshi advocate appeared on behalf of the accused person Sher Zaman while investigation officer represented FIA.FIA told the court special prosecutor Chaudhry Azhar has met a minor accident near Gujjar Khan, therefore he could not appear in the court.Khurram Qureshi, counsel for the accused, took the plea Sher Zaman had filed bail plea on March, 25, 2011 and up till now it had not been decided. FIA was using delaying tactics in this regard, he said, adding neither FIA has presented any direct evidence nor presented final challan in the court against the accused person. He prayed the court to release his client on bail.