SC dismisses Karsaz blast case, declares it ineffective

Dunya News

The hearing of the case was conducted by a five-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice.

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Supreme Court of Pakistan (SCP) on Monday dismissed the Karsaz bomb attack case after declaring it ineffective.

The hearing of the case was conducted by a five-member larger bench headed by Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali.

The bench included Justice Saqib Nisar, Justice Aijaz Afzal, Justice Musheer Alam and Justice Manzoor Ahmed.

The court disposed off the case on the basis of being ineffective.

Former Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry took suo moto notice of the bomb attack that occurred near Karsaz on Benazir Bhutto s convoy.

Atleast 150 people lost their lives and hundreds got injured in a bomb attack during a welcome procession held on Benazir Bhutto’s return to the country on October 18, 2007.

Bhutto had survived the attack and continued the campaign until she was martyred on December 27 the same year in another terrorist attack.