KARACHI, May 9: An anti-terrorism court acquitted on Monday an activist of banned Harkatul Al-Aalmi in the petrol pump blast case. Judge Feroze Mahmood Bhatti of the ATC-2 exonerated Abdur Razzaq alias Bhaiyya from the charge as prosecution could not bring on record incriminating evidence against him.
The Harkat man was prosecuted for causing a bomb blast at a petrol pump in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on May 15, 2003.
CONVOY ATTACK CASE: The same court adjourned the hearing of the corps commander’s convoy attack case after recording the statement of a prosecution witness.
PW Inspector Wasif Qureshi, who is also the complainant in the case, was also cross-examined by defence counsel.
The judge, who is conducting the trial inside the central prison, fixed May 13 for the next hearing.
Ataur Rehman alias Ibrahim, Shahzad Ahmed Bajwa, Yaqoob Saeed, Uzair Ahmed, Shoiab Siddiqui, Danish Inam, Najeebullah, Khurrum Saifullah, Shahzad Mukhtar and Khalid Rao have been charged with a series of offences, including attack on the motorcade of Lt-Gen Ahsan Saleem Hayat on June 10, 2004 on the old Clifton bridge, which resulted in the death of six army personnel, three policemen and a passer-by. Adnan Shah alias Tipu, Mohammed Qasim, Maaz, Shahab, Bilal, Tayyeb, Hammad and Fasih have been declared absconders in the case.
