Zulfiqar Bhutto, an innocent person, was hanged without a transparent trial, Supreme Court
Islamabad: The Supreme Court says that Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, an innocent person, was hanged without a transparent trial.
Chief Justice Qazi Faiz Isa issued a 48-page detailed opinion on the Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reference, Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Mansoor Ali Shah will write additional notes.
In the written opinion, it was written that the country and the courts were prisoners of martial law at that time, the judges swearing loyalty to the dictator, the courts are no longer the courts of the people.
The opinion of the Supreme Court has said that Zia-ul-Haq directly benefited from Bhutto's execution. If Bhutto had been released, he could have prosecuted Zia-ul-Haq for high treason.
It has been said in the written opinion that when the case against Bhutto was started, the courts did not have the constitutional status, when the case was started against him, there was martial law in the country.
The opinion of the Supreme Court has said that Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, an innocent person, was hanged without a transparent trial.
It has been written in the opinion that Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto could not be appointed for reference hearing for eleven years, all the judges who conducted preliminary hearings on the reference retired while there was insufficient evidence for the death penalty in the case and the directive to impose Article 302 against Bhutto. There was no evidence.
In the opinion, the Supreme Court clarified that Bhutto's execution was a presidential reference apple, and that neither the revision petition nor the constitution or law provided a mechanism by which the sentence could be set aside. The decision of punishment was final.
The Supreme Court says that the killing was blamed on the force called FSF, the bullet shell used in the incident is not compatible with the weapons of FSF.
The written opinion said that the courts also justified Bhutto's speeches in Parliament in the judgments, while a speech made in Parliament cannot be used in court against any member.