RAWALPINDI: Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) No 1 has rejected application
filed by former CPO Rawalpindi, Saudi Aziz and SP Rawal Town Khurram
Shehzad seeking acquittal before their indictment in Benazir
assassination case.
Saud Aziz and Khurram Shehzad had filed
application in the court through their counsel Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui
taking the plea that their names were not included directly or
indirectly in Benazir Bhutto assassination case . Therefore, including
their name later in the case was based on ill intent, they said. Even no
clear charges had come to light against them in the challan presented
in this case, they stated. Therefore, they should be discharged from the
case before their indictment, they prayed.
Chief Special
Prosecutor Chaudhry Zulfiqar Ali took the plea on Saturday that Aziz
and Shahzad were facing the charges of showing negligence in the duty
and destroying the evidence deliberately. They removed SP Ashfaq Anwar
from the security duty of Benazir Bhutto and sent him to Koral which
caused security lapse. He also cited to the statements recorded by SP
Ashfaq Anwar, Dr Musaddaq of General Hospital Rawalpindi, Dr Abdul
Rehman of Rescue-1122 and fire officer Ghulam Muhammad Naz under
section-154.
The court granted the application filed by Nayab
Gardezi counsel for Sehba Musharraf wife of Pervez Musharraf against
confiscation of property of Pervez Musharraf and freezing his bank
accounts. The court directed FIA to provide defence counsel copy of
court’s decision pertaining to confiscation of property and freezing of
accounts of Pervez Musharraf.
Begum Sehba Musharraf had taken
plea in her application filed in the court that Pervez Musharraf had
gifted her the farm house located in Chak Shahzad in 2003 and the bank
accounts were jointly opened by her and Pervez Musharraf. Therefore, any
property or bank accounts can not be confiscated or frozen by
attributing them to Pervez Musharraf.
The hearing of the case has been adjourned till October, 22. Online
