Islamabad: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) will hear a reference to review the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, murder case on April 13.
The Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry approved the reference which was filed in the apex court after the signing of President Asif Ali Zardari.
Zardari signed the reference on April 1, under Article 186 of the Constitution which states, “If, at any time, the president considers that it is desirable to obtain the opinion of the Supreme Court on any question of law which he considers of public importance, he may refer the question to the Supreme Court for consideration. The Supreme Court shall consider a question so referred and report its opinion on the question to the President.”
The reference had been filed by Masood Chisti, Secretary Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs on April 2 and had been registered in the Supreme Court.
Bhutto was convicted and sentenced to death by the Lahore High Court (LHC) in 1979 in a murder case during the dictatorship of the then army chief General Zia-ul-Haq. He was executed on April 4.
The PPP never accepted the 1979 death sentence to its founding leader by the Lahore High Court. Benazir Bhutto had also vowed to reopen the case but could not do so during her two rules as prime minister.
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