Shahzeb murder case transferred to Islamabad

Naimat Khan

KARACHI: Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, has ordered immediate transfer of petition from Supreme Court Branch Registry Karachi to Principal Seat Islamabad and to fix the matter for hearing, says release from register office.

“The petitioners asserting to be the residents of same locality/city where the incident of Shahzeb murder took place, have filed the Criminal Petition for leave to appeal challenging the Order of High Court of Sindh in the matter findings the same not to attract provisions of Anti Terrorism Act and setting aside the conviction recorded by the Trial Court,” reads a handout issued on Saturday, adding it has been stated in the petition that incident of gruesome murder resulted in striking terror which created fear and insecurity in general public.

On December, 2012 main accused after committing murder managed to escape away from Pakistan. By the Order of Supreme Court accused was arrested and brought back to Pakistan and presented in the Court.

Chief Justice of Pakistan,  Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, has ordered immediate transfer of petition from Supreme Court Branch Registry Karachi to Principal Seat Islamabad and to fix the matter for hearing, says release from register office.

A day earlier, The Supr-eme Court of Pakistan had a-ccepted for hearing the appe-als challenging Sindh High Court’s (SHC) judgment in Shahzeb Khan Murder Case.

The case was initially setup to be heard in the SC’s Karachi registry.

Earlier, a local court in Karachi has summoned details of the out-of-court ‘settlement’ reached between the families of convict Shahrukh and Shahzeb.