RAWALPINDI: A lady doctor working at the Holy Family Hospital (HFH) recorded her statement before the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC-I) in Rawalpindi, which resumed retrial of Benazir Bhutto murder case on Tuesday.

The court had commenced the fresh trial on October 8.

Dr Hina Bukhari, in her statement, apprised ATC Judge Chaudhry Habibur Rehman about the treatment provided to the injured and postmortem of the dead brought to the hospital on December 27, 2007 following the deadly attack on Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) chairperson Benazir Bhutto at Liaquat Bagh.

The doctor, who appeared as a prosecution witness, said she had prepared the medico-legal report of an injured and conducted postmortem of four dead.

The witness was cross-examined by the counsel for the accused and other parties, who objected that copies of the hospital's record, containing details of the injured and dead, were presented in the court instead of original record.

After cross-questioning, the court adjourned the hearing till October 29 when three more doctors, including Dr Rida Khan of HFH, Dr Qasim and Dr Ashraf of District Headquarters Hospital would record their statements.

Malik Rafique, counsel for accused, former police officials including Khurram Shahzad and Saud Aziz, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Prosecutor Chaudhry Azhar and counsel for other accused, Rao Rahim, were present in the court.