Murtaza Bhutto

Earlier, Karim Khan Agha, counsel for the two ASPs, Rai Mohammad Tahir
and Shahid Hayat, submitted and application for the consideration of the
tribunal on behalf of his clients that the eyewitnesses and the police accused
in respect of the actual shooting may not be called to give their evidence on
the ground that this might lead to some of the accused policemen having to
reveal their defence prior to their trial in a criminal court.
The tribunal has reserved its order on the application. Manzoor Bhutta,
counsel for Dr Mazhar Memon, one of the injured in the incident and others,
was asked by the tribunal to give precise dates and names when he would be
producing his witnesses. They will be testifying on the question of
conspiracy.
On Saturday Dr Zahid Hussain Jatoi, elder brother of Ashiq Hussain Jatoi,
Ehsanul Haq Bhatti, Rahim Bux Jamali and Abdullah Baloch would be
summoned. On Sunday Behram Khan Ujjan and Dr Altaf Khawaja would be
summoned, including Kamran Khan, a senior reporter of The News. Ishaq
Khakwani and Rao Rashid would be summoned on Monday. About the
appearance of Ghinwa Bhutto, the counsel emphatically said she would be
appearing within the next few days and the date would be communicated to
the tribunal shortly.
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