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| Yaseen says Saud intentionally decreased BB's security |
| 2011-01-15 |
| [Pak Daily Times] The Lahore High Court two-member bench comprising Justice Rauf Ahmad Sheikh and Justice Mamoon Rasheed Sheikh on Thursday accepted the plea of the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) for additional physical remand of two officials as Sherlocks had yet to recover the cell phones from the jugged officials, which they had used using at the time of Benazir Bhutto's liquidation. Also, former SSP (Operations) Yaseen Farooq turned state witness against former CPO Saud Aziz and Rawal Town SP Khurram Shehzad in the case. SSP Yaseen Farooq, in his confessional statement, said the murder of Benazir could have possibly been avoided if proper security was put in place. He said that Saud had intentionally decreased security for Benazir on December 27, 2007 during her rally at Liaquat Bagh. The statement was recorded in front of a magistrate in Islamabad. The court directed the agency to complete the investigation as per the law and merit. A bail plea of the two officials is also pending in the court, in which both officials prayed to the court that Sherlocks had failed to provide substantial evidence against them and they be granted bail. The court resumed the hearing, but the case was adjourned until January 18 because of the LHC verdict on the FIA plea for additional physical remand of the officials. FIA prosecutor Chaudhary Zulfiqar had challenged the decision of an anti-terrorism court regarding dismissal of the plea for further remand of the two coppers. |
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