Nazim Jokhio family forgives Jam Awais, other murder accused

KARACHI: The family of deceased Nazim Jokhio in an affidavit, filed in court said to pardon PPP MPA Jam Awais and other accused in the high-profile murder case, ARY News reported on Thursday.

“We have pardoned the accused in the name of Allah,” the details of the affidavit surfaced, read. “We don’t want to pursue the case against six accused of the murder.”

The lawyers of the accused and the family members of Nazim Jokhio have submitted three separate petitions in the court.

“We have forgiven Jam Awais, Mairaj, Saleem, Dodo, Soomar and Ahmed Khan,” the family wrote in the affidavit. “We will have no objection if the court acquits them.”

“I am acquainted with the facts of the case,” affidavit of Shireen Jokhio, widow of Nazim Jokhio, read. “I have four minor children, the court declare me the head of the family,” the widow pleaded to the court.

“We have reached to a compromise with the accused, the court may acquit them,” she said.

The court has adjourned the next hearing of the case until October 15.

In October last year, the family of Nazim Jokhio said that PPP MPA Jam Awais Gohram Jokhio and his men had allegedly tortured Nazim Jokhio 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 Jam Awais, his brother MNA Jam Kareem and others.