Haleem accuses PPP of obstructing justice in Nazim Jokhio case

Sheikh urges Sindh chief secretary to direct law department for taking urgent steps for submission of final challan


Our Correspondent January 17, 2022
Haleem Adil Shaikh. PHOTO: FILE

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KARACHI:

Leader of the Opposition in Sindh Assembly Haleem Adil Sheikh on Sunday pointed out deliberate attempts by the PPP government for obstructing justice in Nazim Jokhio murder case.

Sheikh in a letter urged Sindh chief secretary to direct the law department for taking urgent steps for submission of final challan under section 173 of Criminal Procedure Code after go ahead from District Public Prosecutor Malir and indictment of real culprits in light of JIT report so that perpetrators of the horrific crime could be brought to justice.

Nazim was found dead at the farmhouse of PPP MPA Jam Awais and his brother, MNA Jam Abdul Karim on November 2, 2021.

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The victim's family accused the MPA Jam Awais, MNA Jam Abdul Kareem and his guards of torturing him to death for resisting houbara bustard hunting by the lawmakers' foreign guests.

Sheikh stated in the letter that coercing the local communities was the motive behind the murder so that in future no one would dare to raise voice against any unlawful act committed by the suspects.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 17, 2022.

 

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