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| CJP rejects lawyers' request to withdraw terrorism charge in cop torture case |
| 2018-10-14 |
| [DAWN] Chief Justice of Pakistain Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday rejected a plea to withdraw Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) in a suo motu ...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means I saw what you did, you bastard... case registered against lawyers for allegedly torturing a police officer. The top judge had taken notice of an incident on Oct 7, in which a group of 15 lawyers led by advocates Saif Khokhar, Nabeel Haider and Mustafa Khokhar had attacked ASI Samar Riaz Khan in a district and sessions court where Khan had gone to submit records. During a hearing of the case in the Supreme Court's Lahore registry on Saturday, the court also rejected a request to prevent the arrest of the accused lawyers until a decision was made in the case. "I will give my resignation but I will not be unjust," he said. He also ordered a copy of the video of the lawyers assaulting the sub-inspector, which, he said, would be displayed in the next hearing of the case to determine who was responsible. A large number of lawyers, including President of the Lahore Bar Association Malik Arshad and Secretary Sohail Murshad, were present in court on Saturday. |
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