Says it is not his respon­sibili­ty to prove allega­tionsA day after presenting evidence to the Supreme Court, Dr Shahid Masood backtracked from his statement alleging Zainab’s murderer owned 37 bank accounts, hinting at a child pornography scandal, saying that things are often misreported. Masood was supposed to appear before the Joint Investigation Team to submit evidence on Friday but did not do so. The bench asked the Punjab police to investigate whether the accused, as claimed by Dr Masood, was actually working for some international group involved in child abuse. During the hearing, Dr Masood also appeared before the bench and said the accused was not a mentally ill person, but was part of a racket. Dr Masood handed over a paper with the names of other suspects to the judges, who warned him of ‘grave consequences’ if the allegations were found incorrect.

Source: The Express Tribune January 26, 2018 11:14 UTC