LAHORE: The Supreme Court will resume today the hearing in a case pertaining to the rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab in Kasur.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar will hear the case at the apex court’s Lahore registry.
A number of television anchors and heads of media organizations have been summoned today to assist the court in the wake of anchor Dr Shahid Masood’s claims, which were denied by the State Bank of Pakistan and the Joint Investigation Team formed to probe Zainab murder case.
Those who have been summoned included Hameed Haroon, Shakeel-ur-Rehman, Rameeza Majid Nizami, Fahad Hussain, I A Rehman, Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami, Kamran Khan, Kashif Abbasi, Hamid Mir, Mian Amir Mehmood, Sarmad Ali and Zia Shahid.
Dr Masood’s claims
In his television programme on January 24, anchor Dr Shahid Masood claimed that Imran Ali, the suspected killer of Zainab, apart from operating foreign currency accounts, was a part of an international child pornography ring.
He said the suspect maintained 37 bank accounts in foreign currency and enjoyed the backing of a powerful political figure.
His startling claims added a new twist to the Zainab case, prompting the chief justice to summon him to provide details so that an investigation could be carried into the matter.
Following the court order, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and the JIT investigated his claims and found that the suspect held no bank account, neither was any an international racket of the child pornography business behind him.
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