Sialkot jail case hearing over

Published December 23, 2006

GUJRANWALA, Dec 22: The Anti-Terrorism Court No 1 completed the hearing in the Sialkot jail case on Friday after the proceedings of about three years and five months. The judgment is likely to be announced soon. Reports said that four civil judges - Shaharyar Bukhari, Asif Mumtaz Cheema, Munir Ranjha and Saghir Ahmad had been killed while Sibtain Kazmi and Javid Iqbal sustained injuries in the firing incident in Sialkot jail on July 25, 2003. Five prisoners were also killed when the Elite Force officials had returned the fire.

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