KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Saturday adjourned the case of Zulfiqar Ali, who attacked the police kiosk at the US consulate general in February killing two policemen, and who claims to be mentally ill and the medical board has not submitted its report on his mental health. Rangers arrested Zulfiqar Ali on Feb. 28, saying he had been running away after the firing. They also said they had recovered a TT pistol and a motorbike. Two policemen were killed in this attack in which three attackers were involved.
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His counsel had claimed in April that he has been mentally ill which had been the cause of the attack on police kiosk. The court had directed the jail early this month to conduct a medical checkup of Zulfiqar Ali. But a jail doctor said he could not reach a conclusion about Zulfiqar’s mental health.
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Meanwhile, another anti-terrorism court adjourned the trial of five men accused of plotting to assassinate President Pervez Musharraf in Karachi in April 2002. The case was adjourned at the request of the prosecution, which had sought more time to call witnesses. Five members of the Mujahideen al-Aalmi, Mohammad Imran, Hanif Ayub, Sharib Arslan and Mohammd Ashraf, were indicted last month in the case. Hanif and Imran are already under death sentence for planning the suicide bomb attack at US consulate general in June 2002. |