• Written order says court docket agrees with Dec 13, 2021 commentary of transferring case to ATC.
• Courtroom says murder of Nazim Jokhio was aimed to create “panic among people.”
• Orders had been issued in response to last challan submitted by police.

KARACHI: Judicial magistrate Malir has ordered the transfer of the Nazim Jokhio murder case to an anti-terrorism court docket (ATC), Geo Information reported on Tuesday.

The magistrate introduced the choice whereas issuing the written orders in response to the ultimate challan submitted by the police.

Within the order, the magistrate acknowledged that the court docket “does not agree” with the challan submitted by the police.

“The court agrees with the December 13, 2021 observation of the additional district and sessions judge of trying the case in an anti-terrorism court,” stated the order, whereas returning the challan to the investigation officer of the case.

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“The challan of the case should be presented before the relevant anti-terrorism court,” stated the magistrate.

The court docket additionally ordered that the accused needs to be produced earlier than the anti-terrorism court docket and stated {that a} copy of the court docket order also needs to be despatched to the superintendent of the Malir Jail.

The court docket stated in its commentary that the murder of Nazim Jokhio was aimed to create panic among the many individuals.

Police submits last challan to Malir court docket

Final month, the Police had submitted the ultimate challan of the Nazim Jokhio murder case to the judicial magistrate of Malir court docket.

Nonetheless, as reported by Daybreak, the judicial magistrate had refused to settle for the challan and stated {that a} terrorism cost needs to be included within the challan.

The police eliminated the names of seven suspects from the listing, together with Muhammad Khan, Muhammad Ishaq, Saleem Salar, Muhammad Somar, Doda Jokhio, Ahmed Khan, and Abdul Razzaq.

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The investigating officer, however, had added names of the accused within the listing, together with PPP MNA Jam Abdul Karim, Jam Awais, Meer Ali, Haider Ali and, Niaz Salar who had been discovered responsible of murder.

MNA Jam Abdul Karim, Mairaj, Ata Muhammad, and Zahid had been listed as fugitives.

In accordance to the investigation report, the accused Jamal had threatened to kill Jokhio.

Jokhio was killed on November 3 between 3am to 6am on the Jam Home.

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The report additional added that no proof of kidnapping Jokhio or aiding the crime was discovered. Part 365 and 109 of kidnapping and helping had been excluded from the case, nevertheless, threatening the accuser was been added.

In accordance to the report, six accused, together with Jam Awais, have been arrested.

The incident

In 2021, Nazim Jhokio had stopped a automobile with a international license plate and requested the individuals sitting contained in the automobile why they blocked the street and what they had been doing there. Throughout a verbal brawl, the youth filmed your complete episode.

Nazim was given demise threats they usually tried to snatch his cell. He, in some way, managed to escape from the scene and uploaded the video on social media platforms which went viral.

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The PPP MPA known as him at his home and tortured him, his household had claimed. The household had stated that Nazim was tortured to demise by the PPP lawmaker.

On November 3, the police recovered Nazim’s physique from Memon Goth in Malir and received his autopsy carried out.