ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court, on Friday acq
uitted a death-row convict after 11 years.
Mohammad Anwar was acq
uitted for
lack of evidence. A trial court earlier sentenced him to death for a murder. During the hearing, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa
remarked the High
Court did not have the guts to acquit him, further commenting that &ldq
uo;It is unfortunate that no action was taken against the fake witness.” On November 25, the Supreme
Court acq
uitted a murder convict Mazhar Farooq after 24 years. In a similar case earlier this year, the Supreme
Court in October, acq
uitted Mazhar Hussain after 19 years in jail for
lack of evidence. Unfortunately, Mazhar died in 2014, two years before the SC verdict announced him innocent.
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