KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Friday transferred 14 cases including cases against Lashkar-i-Jhangvi’s high profile suspected target killers Ishaq alias Bobby and Mohammad Asim alias Ahmed alias Capri nominated in the Amjad Sabri murder case, to anti-terrorism court 16.
The SHC Inspection Team-II issued a notification regarding transfer of the cases to ATC-16. The court has received the notification. The court heard the Amjad Sabri case along with over a dozen of other cases against the two suspected militants of Lashkar-i-Jhangvi. The court issued production orders of the accused. The accused were arrested by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) in November 2016 for their alleged involvement in over 12 dozen cases pertaining to targeted killings of army personnel, Rangers, police officials and members of the Shia community.
Qawal Amjad Sabri was heading to a private TV channel to apear in a Ramazan-related programme in June last year when he was gunned down in Liaquatabad. Both the LJ suspects have also been allegedly involved in the murder of two Military Police personnel near Tibet Centre on MA Jinnah Road in December 2015. They were also booked for killing two army soldiers near Parking Plaza in Saddar in July last year and killing four Rangers’ personnel outside a mosque in Ittehad Town after Friday prayers in November 2015.
Published in Daily Times, August 26th 2017.
