SHC upholds death sentences

Aziz Khan and Mangla Khan were convicted in 2007 in US consulate bomb blast case

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court upheld on Thursday the death sentences of those convicted in the United States consulate-general bomb blast case, despite the appeal of the accused.

A two-member bench, comprising Justice KK Agha and Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi, announced the judgment on the appeal.

The court, while dismissing the plea, upheld the death sentences of Aziz Khan and Mangla Khan, who had been convicted by an anti-terrorism court in 2007.

The convicts had reportedly parked a car full of explosives near the US consulate in Karachi in 2005, killing five and leaving 17 injured.

Khursheed Shah case

Meanwhile, another bench ordered the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Thursday to file the reference in the assets beyond means case against Pakistan Peoples Party leader Khursheed Shah by June 16, after completing the inquiry against the co-accused in the case.



The bench, headed by SHC Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Shaikh and comprising Justice Omar Sial, was hearing the petitions of Shah's alleged frontmen.

The NAB prosecutor stated that they had found more evidence of corruption against the accused, and requested the court to grant them more time to complete the investigation against them.

The court ordered NAB to file a reference by June 16 after completing the investigation against the accused and extended the interim bail of all 15 accused till the same date.

Apart from Shah, Samoo Khan, Nawab Din, Gul Hassan, Mukesh Kumar, Pahlaj Mill, and others are also nominated in the case. 

Published in The Express Tribune, April 10^th, 2020.