National
April 11, 2021
KARACHI: A district and sessions court on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants for witnesses not turning up to record their statements in the DHA double murder trial.
The additional district and sessions judge South - IV, who is conducting the trial inside the central prison, directed the investigation officer to arrest the absconding witnesses and present them in court on April 24.
The judge also ordered him to produce the case property on the next hearing. In the meantime, he asked the main accused, Atif Zaman, to engage a counsel for his defence in the trial.
The court had previously framed charges on Atif for murdering anchorperson Mureed Abbas and another man Khizar Hayat. The judge had also declared the absconding accused, Atif’s brother Adil Zaman, a proclaimed offender.