Civil society moves SC in Shahzeb murder case

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KARACHI: Civil society activists Tuesday approached the Supreme Court against the Sindh High Court verdict which set aside the death penalty for Shahrukh Jatoi and others convicted in the Shahzeb Khan murder case. Ten civil society activists including Muhammad Jibran Nasir, Jamshed Raza Mahmood, Afiya Shehrbano, Zia Naeem, Sadiq Nazim, Fida Hussain, Haji Zulfiqar Shah, Aquila Ismail, Fahim Zaman Khan and Naziha Syed Ali have filed a criminal petition in the Supreme Court Karachi Registry challenging the SHC ruling which stated that the murder case does not fall within the jurisdiction of the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997. In their petition, they have stated in the petition that the incident was not just of an individual nature but carried serious repercussions for the society at large. The incident created fear and panic among residents of the area which the members say they consider as enough grounds to file the case as a public interest appeal on behalf of the people of Karachi. What keeps a society safe and functioning is governance.

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