KARACHI, July 7: The District and Sessions Judge, South, Zaheer Ahmed S. Leghari, on Saturday again deferred to July 13 the pronouncement of his order on the acquittal pleas of Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly, and Syed Murad Ali Shah, an MPA, who have been accused of beating up another MPA, Ishwar Lal.

The judge had originally fixed June 30 for the pronouncement of the order but deferred it to July 7 on the request of the counsel for Syed Murad Ali Shah.

The counsel, Mohammad Ashraf Qazi, argued that his client was not nominated as accused in the original FIR, rather his name was included later on which clearly showed mala fide intentions.

He stated that the man nominated in the FIR by the name of Murad Ali Shah was a resident of Bharia City, Nushehro Feroz. However, his name was removed under Section 265-K of CrPC and the name of Syed Murad Ali Shah, hailing from Sehwan, was included in the FIR.

The counsel claimed that his client was implicated in the case by the government with the intention of tarnishing his image.

The district attorney told the court that audio cassettes were available to prove Syed Murad Ali Shah’s involvement in the attack by a group of MPAs on Ishwar Lal during the proceedings of the assembly.