KARACHI: Judgment reserved

Published April 27, 2003

KARACHI, April 26: An anti-terrorism court reserved on Saturday the judgment in the Shaukat Mirza murder case against the chief of the banned Lashkar-i-Jhangvi and his two associates.

Judge Khan Pervaiz Chang, who conducted the trial inside the Central Prison, Karachi, fixed April 30 for the pronouncement of the verdict after hearing the final argument by the special public prosecutor, Maula Bux Bhatti, and defence counsel M. R. Syed.

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