Court yet to decide on police challan in Nazim Jokhio murder case

KARACHI: The court has yet to decide on the police challan submitted in the Nazim Jokhio murder case and directed all sides on Saturday to submit their arguments on the matter in the next hearing, ARY NEWS reported.

Counsel representing National Commission for Human Rights Mazhar Junejo will present his arguments over pardon from the family and elimination of anti-terrorism clauses from the case in the next hearing.

The judicial magistrate Malir did not decide on the challan submitted by police today and adjourned the hearing for June 15.

On May 23, in a major relief for PPP lawmakers and other suspects in the Nazim Jokhio murder case, the anti-terrorism court okayed the transfer of the murder case to session court.

However, a decision to exclude names of the PPP lawmakers and others from the police challan was not taken by the ATC and the session court will now decide the matter.

The counsel representing the suspects has argued before the court that anti-terrorism clauses do not apply to the case which was also seconded by the prosecution, plaintiff, widow of the victim, and investigation officer.

The ATC court after the consensus from all sides directed the investigation officer to file challan in the case before the session court. “No decision has yet been made on excluding the name of Jam Abdul Karim, Jam Awais and 11 others from the police challan,” the counsel representing suspects said.

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In October 2021, the family of Nazim Jokhio claimed that PPP MPA Jam Awais Gohram Jokhio and his men had allegedly tortured Nazim to death as he tried to stop his foreign guests from hunting houbara bustards in the Memon Goth area of Karachi.

Police registered a murder case against PPP MPA Awais, his brother MNA Jam Kareem and others. They detained Awais but Jam Kareem left the country and flew to Dubai, only to return later to cast his vote in no-trust motion against Imran Khan.