ISLAMABAD, May 31: Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar has constituted an 11-member special larger bench to hear on June 2 the pending case of manhandling of deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry last year.

According to the cause list issued by the fixture branch of the Supreme Court, the special bench will comprise the Chief Justice, Justice Faqir Mohammad Khokhar, Justice M. Javed Buttar, Justice Ijaz-ul-Hassan, Justice Mohammad Qaim Jan Khan, Justice Ch Ejaz Yousaf, Justice Mohammad Akhtar Shabbir, Justice Zia Pervez, Justice Mian Hamid Farooq, Justice Syed Zawwar Hussain Jaffery and Justice Mohammad Farrukh Mehmood.

Seven officials of the Islamabad administration and police were sentenced, but the sentence was later suspended by the Supreme Court. They are Inspector General of Police Islamabad Chaudhry Iftikhar Ahmed, Chief Commissioner Islamabad Khalid Pervez, Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ali, Senior Superintendent of Police Capt (retd) Zafar Iqbal, Deputy Superintendent of Police Jameel Hashmi, Inspector Rukhsar Mehdi (SHO Kohsar police station) and ASI Mohammad Siraj.—APP

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