SC bars police from arresting PTI chairman in Quetta lawyer’s murder case

SC bars police from arresting PTI chairman in Quetta lawyer’s murder case

Islamabad (Staff Report/Agencies): The Supreme Court on Monday restricted police to arrest former PM Imran Khan in senior lawyer Abdul Razzaq Shar murder case.

A three-member bench comprising Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, and Justice Mussarat Hilali heard PTI Chairman Imran Khan’s plea seeking quashing of FIR in senior lawyer’s murder case

The PTI chief appeared before the court as directed by the bench on the last hearing.

The court restricted police to arrest former PM, directing Khan to appear before the court on August 9.

The former premier had moved the apex court against his nomination in the case related to advocate Abdul Razzaq Shar’s shooting in Quetta.

Shar was gunned down by unidentified people on three motorcycles while he was on his way to the Balochistan High Court (BHC) on June 6.

A first information report (FIR) had been registered against Khan and others on the complaint of the slain lawyer’s son advocate, Siraj Ahmed, in Quetta, under the charges of murder, Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) and other provisions.