Quetta lawyer murder case: CJP forms new bench

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Wednesday formed a three-judge bench to hear the Quetta’s lawyer murder case involving the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman.

The three-judge bench, headed by CJP and including Justice Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi and Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail, will conduct the case’s hearing tomorrow.

A three-member bench headed by Justice Yahya Afridi conducted the hearing of the case on August 9.

On June 6, Advocate Abdul Razzaq Shar was specifically ‘targeted’ and killed by unknown assailants while he was on his way to the Balochistan High Court (BHC).

He was involved in a high-profile petition against the Chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

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Later, a case was registered against the PTI chairman at Shaheed Jameel Kakar Police Station, in Quetta over the murder drive-by shooting of Abdul Razzaq Shar.

Police included clauses of the murder including the provisions of acts of murder and terrorism.