SC issues arrest warrants for PML-N MNA
The PML-N legislator had been handed the death penalty by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in 2003
Supreme Court. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued bailable arrest warrants for Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Chaudhry Abid Raza for his involvement in the murder of six people in Gujarat.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, on Wednesday heard a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Chaudhry Muhammad Ilyas who had sought disqualification of Raza’s membership from the lower house on account of a 2003 conviction.
The PML-N legislator had been handed the death penalty by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in 2003 for his involvement in an assassination attempt on former Gujarat Tehsil Nazim and ex-MPA Ghulam Sarwar. The 1998 attack had left six people dead.
But the court acquitted him after he reached a settlement with heirs of the victims who forgave him. During Wednesday’s hearing the court issued a bailable arrest warrant for Raza and told him to deposit a security bond of Rs200,000.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 19th, 2015.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued bailable arrest warrants for Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Chaudhry Abid Raza for his involvement in the murder of six people in Gujarat.
A three-member bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali, on Wednesday heard a petition filed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Chaudhry Muhammad Ilyas who had sought disqualification of Raza’s membership from the lower house on account of a 2003 conviction.
The PML-N legislator had been handed the death penalty by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in 2003 for his involvement in an assassination attempt on former Gujarat Tehsil Nazim and ex-MPA Ghulam Sarwar. The 1998 attack had left six people dead.
But the court acquitted him after he reached a settlement with heirs of the victims who forgave him. During Wednesday’s hearing the court issued a bailable arrest warrant for Raza and told him to deposit a security bond of Rs200,000.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 19th, 2015.