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KARACHI, Aug 23: Judge Arshad Noor Khan of the Anti-terrorism Court reserved on Monday judgment in the pamphlets case against a London-born doctor.
The judge fixed Aug 25 for pronouncement of the judgment after hearing final arguments from Special Public Prosecutor Naimat Ali Randhawa and Defence Counsel Sultan Mehmood Khan.
The case against Dr Ismail Shaikh, a 30-year-old dentist, was registered by Clifton police for distributing pamphlets, allegedly containing material against the United States, Jews and Pakistan, in front of a Clifton mosque.
According to prosecution, the doctor was a member of a Palestine-based proscribed organisation, Hizbul Tehreer, and was arrested while distributing the pamphlets in front of the Moti Masjid after Isha prayers on July 7.
While recording his statement in the court, Dr Shaikh had stated that he was a member of the Hizbul Tehreer. The offence of being a member of any proscribed organisation involves maximum punishment of six-month rigorous imprisonment.
The special public prosecutor contended that the accused had already admitted to his guilt by stating before the court that he was a member of a banned organization. He sought conviction of the accused by the court, saying the case against him stood proved.
The doctor had recently came from London and was residing in Nazimabad. He first came to Karachi in 1999 and married his cousin. Later, he divorced her in 2002, and left for London. He solemnized his second marraige in London and returned here few months ago.
MURDER: Judge Arshdad Noor Khan of the ATC-3 adjourned till Tuesday the hearing of a kidnapping-cum-murder case after recording the statement of the investigation officer.
The accused, Shafqat Hussain, has been charged with kidnapping a seven-year-old boy for ransom and later killing him. The accused was a watchman at Nadeem Arcade, and allegedly kidnapped Umair on April 10, 2004, around 5.30pm, as the victim came downstairs from his second-floor flat.
According to prosecution, the watchman took the boy to his room. He hit the victim on his head with a club when the boy insisted to leave the room. The boy died instantly, and the watchman dumped his body in the same room.
The accused contacted the family on phone and demanded Rs500,000 as ransom from the victim's father, Mohammed Hanif, a car dealer, for Omair's release. The next night the accused threw the body in a nearby drain.
The alleged kidnapper called the victim's father twice at different places for handing over the ransom amount, though he himself never turned up there. Finally, the accused asked the victim's father to place the money under a wooden box, lying inside the compound of Nadeem Arcade, which led to his arrest on May 21, as police found that the box belonged to the watchman.
During interrogation the accused allegedly confessed to have kidnapped and killed the boy. He also led to the recovery of the body.
