Court’s notice will direct prime suspect, Bilal Mustafa Khar, to submit his reply by January 15, 2013.
Bilal Mustafa Khar told to file comments before the court by December 6.
Bilal, son of PPP leader Ghulam Mustafa Khar, was acquitted earlier because eyewitnesses refused to identify him.
Several NGOs have filed a petition asking the court to reopen the acid attack case.
The lawyer Faisal Siddiqui also pointed out that neither was Fakhra medically examined at the time
Petitioners appeal that the court declare initial judgement of 2003 illegal.
Fakhra’s death is a reminder of the insufficiency of our efforts, she and others are casualties of an unequal fight.
It is deplorable that Bilal Khar has not been punished for what he did to Fakhra Younus.
A few days after the fact, Fakhra’s tragedy is already fading from the headlines.
Fakhra has now been buried. The question is whether her case will be too.