ISLAMABAD : Supreme Court of Pakistan has summoned the complete record of
Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto case from Ichra police station and adjourned the
hearing of the presidential reference till today (Wednesday.
The Court directed counsel of the federation Babar Awan to collect
copy of the FIR registered at Ichra Police Station Lahore besides
supplementary of the police in the case and present before the court.
However if the record is not handed over to him the court will itself
summon the record.
An eleven-member larger bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief
Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chadhury headed the presidential reference
about ZA Bhutto murder case.
During the hearing, Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chadhury said in
his remarks that apparently Masood Mehmood was the mastermind of Nawab
Ahmed Kausri’s murder case, adding that it would be observed that at
what stage Masood Mehmmod involved in ZA Bhutto case. CJ said that this
reference is a matter between president and court, adding that it is an
international level case and all facts would be bring out.
Counsel of the federation Babar Awan continued his arguments on legal and constitutional position of the approver in the Bhutto case. He said that judges of the Lahore High Court were sub-judice and late Bhutto raised this issue before the court through an application. However, the court did not consider the application and completed the trial.
Counsel of the federation Babar Awan continued his arguments on legal and constitutional position of the approver in the Bhutto case. He said that judges of the Lahore High Court were sub-judice and late Bhutto raised this issue before the court through an application. However, the court did not consider the application and completed the trial.
Babar Awan argued that Masood Mehmood was arrested as approver
against ZA Bhutto and Marshal Law authorities provided him a
questionnaire before the recording of confessional statement.
CJ replied that Massod Mehmood give confessional statement during
the investigation of railway bomb blast case and his statement are
contained 100 pages and his statement is very important in the case.
During the course of hearing Justice Javed Iqbal said to Babar Awan
that your case is revolving around the Masood Mehmood statement and
Babar Awan replied that no, his case is revolving around the behavior
of Maulvi Mushtaq because in this case he was not working as a judge.
The Court observed that the application of late Bhutto must had been entertained prior to trial.
The Court observed that the reference has been filed by the
President to seek opinion of the court therefore it will be better to
not try to make it controversial. Babar Awan told the court that Prime
Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani wanted to appear in the court in the
Bhutto reference case.
Chief Justice also asked from Babar Awan that Zalifqar Ali Bhutto had what differences with Justice Maulvi Mushtaq Ahmed.
Meanwhile the court adjourned the further hearing of the case till today (Wednesday). SANA
