Fleeing the country: Shahrukh Jatoi, nine others to be indicted
The death row convict is accused of fraudulently and illegally travelling out of the country.
Shahrukh Jatoi was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in June 2013 in the Shahzeb Khan murder case. PHOTO: FILE
KARACHI:
Shahrukh Jatoi and nine others implicated in a case of fraudulently and illegally travelling out of the country are to be indicted by a Malir court on February 4.
The first civil judge of Malir district, conducting a jail trial on Monday, supplied copies of the statements and charge-sheets to the accused. Shahrukh Jatoi was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in June 2013 in the Shahzeb Khan murder case.
Shahrukh's brother Nawab Ali Jatoi, Sikandar Ali Jatoi group of companies director Muhammad Khurram, Pakistan International Airlines employees Mahmood Sultan and Wasi Akhtar, who are also known to be protocol officers for Bilawal House, Gerry's Dnata agents Taha Hussain and Syed Salman Shah and Fazl-e-Rabbi Private Limited tour operators Suhail Ahmed, Umer Dochki and Abu Bakar Dochki have also been booked. They are accused of abetting and facilitating Shahrukh in flying abroad without fulfilling legal formalities.
According to the prosecution, Shahrukh had flown to Dubai on December 27, 2012 — three days after killing Khan — as per the Dubai immigration entry stamp on his passport. However, no exit stamp by the Pakistani immigration at Jinnah International Airport was found on his passport. The prosecution stated that this confirmed that the accused had left the country fraudulently with the help of some officials, including the Federal Investigation Agency's immigration staff working at the airport. The FIR said that Shahrukh did not receive proper clearance from immigration.
Moreover, the passengers' manifest of Emirates flight EK-605, which left Karachi at 5:40am on the given date, did not list Shahrukh as one of the passengers. The FIR added that Shahrukh must have travelled to Dubai using a boarding pass in someone else's name.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 28th, 2015.
Shahrukh Jatoi and nine others implicated in a case of fraudulently and illegally travelling out of the country are to be indicted by a Malir court on February 4.
The first civil judge of Malir district, conducting a jail trial on Monday, supplied copies of the statements and charge-sheets to the accused. Shahrukh Jatoi was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in June 2013 in the Shahzeb Khan murder case.
Shahrukh's brother Nawab Ali Jatoi, Sikandar Ali Jatoi group of companies director Muhammad Khurram, Pakistan International Airlines employees Mahmood Sultan and Wasi Akhtar, who are also known to be protocol officers for Bilawal House, Gerry's Dnata agents Taha Hussain and Syed Salman Shah and Fazl-e-Rabbi Private Limited tour operators Suhail Ahmed, Umer Dochki and Abu Bakar Dochki have also been booked. They are accused of abetting and facilitating Shahrukh in flying abroad without fulfilling legal formalities.
According to the prosecution, Shahrukh had flown to Dubai on December 27, 2012 — three days after killing Khan — as per the Dubai immigration entry stamp on his passport. However, no exit stamp by the Pakistani immigration at Jinnah International Airport was found on his passport. The prosecution stated that this confirmed that the accused had left the country fraudulently with the help of some officials, including the Federal Investigation Agency's immigration staff working at the airport. The FIR said that Shahrukh did not receive proper clearance from immigration.
Moreover, the passengers' manifest of Emirates flight EK-605, which left Karachi at 5:40am on the given date, did not list Shahrukh as one of the passengers. The FIR added that Shahrukh must have travelled to Dubai using a boarding pass in someone else's name.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 28th, 2015.