{"id":34118,"date":"2023-12-11T09:34:22","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T09:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/ppp-seeks-live-telecast-of-hearing-against-zulfikar-bhuttos-death-sentence\/"},"modified":"2023-12-11T09:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T09:34:22","slug":"ppp-seeks-live-telecast-of-hearing-against-zulfikar-bhuttos-death-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/ppp-seeks-live-telecast-of-hearing-against-zulfikar-bhuttos-death-sentence\/","title":{"rendered":"PPP seeks live telecast of hearing against Zulfikar Bhutto\u2019s death sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) has moved the Supreme Court (SC) for live telecast of a hearing on a presidential reference against former prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto\u2019s death sentence, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A nine-member larger bench of the Supreme Court will take up a long-pending presidential reference seeking to revisit the \u2018controversial\u2019 death sentence awarded to former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on December 12 (tomorrow).<\/p>\n<p>The plea was moved by the PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, stating the narrative of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto is still alive despite awarding him a death sentence in 1979.<\/p>\n<p>The PPP chairman has requested the apex court for a live telecast of the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>On April 2, 2011, then-president Asif Ali Zardari approached the apex court through a presidential reference to seek its opinion on revisiting the trial of the Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) founder.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more: <a title=\"SC to hear reference against Zulfikar Bhutto\u2019s death sentence on Dec 12\" href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/sc-to-hear-reference-against-zulfikar-bhuttos-death-sentence-on-dec-12\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">SC to hear reference against Zulfikar Bhutto\u2019s death sentence on Dec 12<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was handed a death sentence during former military ruler General (retired) Ziaul Haq\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n<p>The first elected prime minister of the country was charged with the murder of a political rival Nawab Mohammed Ahmed Qasuri and a trial took place.<\/p>\n<p>Amid petitions and appeals of clemency, and mercy from several Heads of States, Bhutto was hanged on April 4, 1979.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People\u2019s Party (PPP) has moved the Supreme Court (SC) for live telecast of a hearing on a presidential reference against former prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto\u2019s death sentence, ARY News reported. 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