The Sindh government on Saturday challenged a sessions judgeâs order to acquit 33 people accused of a massacre in Hyderabad on September 30, 1988 in which about 300 people were shot dead on the roads by terrorists. The accused include Sindh Taraqqi Pasand Party (STPP) Chairman and Pakistan Oppressed Nations Movement (PONM) Sindh President Dr Qadir Magsi and his close aides. The Hyderabad additional sessions judge acquitted the accused on July 25, 2003. Hyderabad and Latifabad police had booked them for involvement in 68 cases. The division bench comprising Justice Mohammed Roshan Essani and Justice Ameer Muslim Hani issued notices to all the respondents, calling their comments on the plea by the applicant. Additional Sindh Advocate General Masood Ahmed Noorani filed the application on the Sindh governmentâs behalf. He called the acquittal order illegal because the judge acquitted the indicted people despite their confession to the crime and their being identified by prosecution witnesses in a magistrateâs presence. âThe trial court acquitted the accused persons putting all the facts of the cases aside,â Mr Noorani said.
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