SC maintains stay against PTI chief's arrest in lawyer murder case
Pakistan
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard the petition
ISLAMABAD (APP) – The Supreme Court on Thursday maintained its stay order against the arrest of PTI chairman in a lawyer murder case in Quetta.
A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial heard the petition against addition of the former prime minister’s name in FIR.
During the course of proceeding, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail inquired that if the accused had joined the investigation as per the direction of the High Court. He remarked that the accused had to settle whether he would join the investigation or not.
The former premier’s lawyer Latif Khosa Advocate said that his client wouldn’t appear before the joint investigation team (JIT), adding that anti-terrorism law couldn’t be applied in this case against the PTI chief.
The chief justice remarked that the bench also had other questions in the case, but it couldn’t hear it in the absence of the complainant.
Lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar had been shot dead by the firing of the unknown accused in Quetta on June 6. The son of the slain lawyer had named four people in FIR including the PTI chief.
