Police Non-Protection: LHC seeks probe into Sahiwal murder
Samina Bibi had been shot by her husband Nawaz as she left the district court.
LAHORE:
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the Sahiwal district and sessions judge to ensure that there is a thorough investigation into a murder on court premises.
The sessions judge reported to the LHC that Samina Bibi had been shot by her husband Nawaz as she left the district court, where she had been produced before a judicial magistrate from a shelter home, under police escort.
She was rushed to the hospital but died on the way. A case has been registered, Nawaz has been arrested and is on physical remand.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 21st, 2013.
The Lahore High Court on Wednesday directed the Sahiwal district and sessions judge to ensure that there is a thorough investigation into a murder on court premises.
The sessions judge reported to the LHC that Samina Bibi had been shot by her husband Nawaz as she left the district court, where she had been produced before a judicial magistrate from a shelter home, under police escort.
She was rushed to the hospital but died on the way. A case has been registered, Nawaz has been arrested and is on physical remand.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 21st, 2013.