The Sindh High Court on Friday allowed the appeals of four Lashkar-e-Jhangvi activists and set aside their convictions on murder recorded by an anti-terrorism court. The court ordered their immediate release if the men were not required in any other case. Mohammad Ajmal alias Akram Lahori, Mohammad Azam, Malik Tassaduq Hussain and Attaullah were found guilty by the trial court of killing six men and injuring five others while they were praying at Imambargah Ali Murtaza in Mehmoodabad on October 4, 2001.
 | Akram Lahori is head of one of the branches of LJ. It's not against the law to be the head of a banned terrorist organization in Pakland. In fact, I believe it's considered a prestige thing. |
Attaullah and Azam were sentenced to death while Akram Lahori and Tassaduq Hussain were given life imprisonment. The anti-terrorism appellate bench of the SHC, consisting of Justice Mohammad Afzal Soomro and Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaferi, had reserved judgment on their appeals for January 27. The SHC bench, consisting of Justice Rehmat Hussain Jaferi and Ali Sain Dino Metlo, allowed the appeals and acquitted the appellants of murder charges. The bench said the prosecution had been unable to prove the appellants guilty.
"Dey got nuttin' on us! Da witnesses are all dead, yer honor!"
"Case dismissed!" |
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