ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) has adjourned till first week of
November hearing of Musharraf assassination attempt case due to absence
of counsel for military .
A 3-member bench of SC presided over
by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry and
comprising Justice Tariq Parvez and Justice Ghulam Rabbani took up the
case for hearing Tuesday.
Advocate Hashmat Habib appeared on behalf of accused persons Rana Naveed and Aamir Sohail.
Hashmat
Habib argued that Aamir Sohail had not filed appeal against life
imprisonment term and nor the government had filed appeal. Enhancement
in jail term is beyond comprehension when no appeal in this connection
has been made, he said. Sentence was wrong and illegal. The evidence on
the basis of which Rana Naveed was acquitted was also given in favour
of Aamir Sohail. How can it be possible that on the same evidence one
was exonerated and the other was convicted? It was illegal, he pleaded.
He prayed the court the imprisonment awarded to both of them were illegal and these may be set aside.
One
major appeared on behalf of military and he told their counsel was
outside the country and would return home on November, 1.
The court adjourned the hearing till first week of November. Online
