HARIPUR: Anti-Terrorism Court Abbottabad on Thursday recorded the statements of two
more witnesses in the he
aring of Mashal Kha
n murder case at the camp court in Haripur Central Prison.
Anti-Terrorism Court Abbottabad adjourned the he
aring of Mashal Kha
n murder case till November 8, after recording the statements of two witnesses, SHO Saleem and Warden Ali Nawaz.
The
prosecution lawyers abandoned three witnesses of Mashal Kha
n murder case including gatekeeper Himmat Khan, Muhammad Abbas and Ali Muhammad.
For the heari
ng, strict security measures were taken in which a large number of lawyers including Advocate Masood Azhar,
prosecutor, and father of ill-fated Mashal Khan were present. Mashal Khan was killed by an angry mob in the premises of Abdul Wali Khan University on 13 April, 2017, over llegations of posting blasphemous content online.
Published in Daily Times, November 3rd 2017.