LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Friday rejected the plea filed against the acquittal of former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif in Sabza Zar police encounter case. Khursheed Khanam, mother of the victims Waseem and Rauf in the police encounter, had filed a plea in 2009. The division bench had approved the plea for hearing after the credible reason for the delay in filing petition was told by petitioner. Petitioner took the plea that Shehbaz Sharif was acquitted after another respondent in the case of the killing of Shakeel, Salahuddin and Ashraf pardoned him. The court, while giving its reserved judgment, rejected the appeal against Shehbaz’s acquittal.

Source: Pakistan Today March 22, 2019 17:37 UTC