INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ISLAMABAD: Declaring Lahore High Court order null and void, Supreme Court on Wednesday directed to arrest accused Shah Hussain, who had
stabbed Khadija Siddiqi in Lahore three years ago.A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Aswhether Saeed Khosa had taken up Khadija's
appeal against acquittal nowadays.Hussain was taken into custody from courtroom after bench overturned Lahore High Court decision.Khadija
Siddiqi, now student of bar-at-law at City Law University, was stabbed over two dozen times on a busy Lahore Highway in May 2016 as she
gathered her six-year-old sister Sofia Siddiqui from school
She was attacked by her lesson fellow Shah Hussain who didn''t like fact that Khadija Siddiqi refused to acknowledge his moves and stopped
A Lahore judicial magistrate handed down seven-year rigorous imprisonment to Shah Hussain after finding him guilty of attempted murder on
However, a sessions court in March 2018 set aside minor penalties of convict and commuted sentenced to five years
Final year, Lahore High Court acquitted convict on basis of inadequate evidence.Previous Chief Justice Saqib Nisar took muchice of acquittal
back in June 2018 throug ha suo moto
freshly sworn in Chief Justice Aswhether Saeed Khosa has now listed Khadija Siddiqi stabbing case for January 23 when he shall hear appeal
against LHC decision to acquit accused in case
The former CJP, as head of a two member bench
had forwarded appeal to amuchher two-member Supreme Court bench led by Justice Aswhether Saeed Khosa.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified
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