KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Friday remanded two suspects in police custody in a case about a gun attack on the rally of a nationalist party on May 22, 2012.

The investigating officer in the case informed the court the suspects, Shamshad Ali and Mohammad Sharif, said to be activists of a political party, were arrested for their involvement in some other cases but they confessed to being involved in the present case also during interrogation.

He said the suspects were taken into custody on Aug 28 from the prison where they were waiting for their turn in the other cases. No objection certificates were obtained from the court concerned to get their custody for questioning, he said.

Later, Judge Saleem Raza Baloch of the ATC-III handed over the suspects to police on seven-day physical remand.

According to the prosecution, the Awami Tehreek took out a rally named ‘Mohabbat-i-Sindh Rally’ on May 22, 2012, which started from Lyari and marched towards the press club when it was attacked by gunmen on Napier Road. Six people were killed and nine including some policemen suffered injuries in the attack, it added.

A case about the attack was registered at the Kharadar police station under Sections 302 (premeditated murder), 324 (attempted murder) 353 (criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty) and 34 (common intention) of Pakistan Penal Code and Section 4/5 of Explosive Substances Act read with Section 7 of Anti-terrorism Act, 1997.

Former MS gets bail

An anti-corruption court granted bail on Friday to an elderly former medical superintendent of a government hospital in Liaquatabad in a graft case.

Dr Muqueet was arrested by the anti-corruption establishment on Aug 17 in a recently registered case about alleged misappropriation of funds in 1982.

The suspect, said to be around 70 years old, moved the bail application through his lawyer and the judge of the special provincial anti-corruption court, Gulshan Ara Chandio, granted bail against a surety bond of Rs50,000 after hearing arguments from both sides.

Published in Dawn, August 30th , 2014