{"id":67225,"date":"2024-03-04T10:06:04","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sc-reserves-verdict-in-zulfikar-ali-bhutto-reference\/"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:06:04","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:06:04","slug":"sc-reserves-verdict-in-zulfikar-ali-bhutto-reference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sc-reserves-verdict-in-zulfikar-ali-bhutto-reference\/","title":{"rendered":"SC reserves verdict in Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>ISLAMABAD: A nine-member larger bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday reserved its verdict in a long-pending presidential reference, seeking to revisit the 1979 \u2018controversial\u2019 death sentence awarded to former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, ARY News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The larger bench \u2013 headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa heard the case. The bench was also comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Justice Yahya Afridi, Justice Amin Ud Din Khan, Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhel, Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, and Justice Musarrat Hilali.<\/p>\n<p>The SC bench reserved its verdict after the completion of arguments from both sides. \u201cNot today, but we will announce our verdict soon,\u201d the CJP remarked.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Read more: <\/strong><\/em><em><strong><a title=\"CJP says ZA Bhutto case an opportunity to correct history\" href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/cjp-says-za-bhutto-case-an-opportunity-to-correct-history\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">CJP says ZA Bhutto case an opportunity to correct history<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In the last hearing, CJP Justice Qazi Faez Isa remarked that Martial law is not imposed by the army as an institution. Some people act as individuals. Sometimes there has to be a new beginning, so isn\u2019t this an opportunity?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsn\u2019t it an opportunity for institutions to be indifferent to them by blaming for wrongdoings on the same individuals\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The presidential reference was moved by Asif Ali Zardari under Article 186 of the Constitution, seeking to revisit the trial of the PPP Founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pIGVlc0XISI\">Zulfikar Ali Bhutto\u2019s murder trial<\/a>.<\/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: A nine-member larger bench of the Supreme Court (SC) on Monday reserved its verdict in a long-pending presidential reference, seeking to revisit the 1979 \u2018controversial\u2019 death sentence awarded to former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, ARY News reported. The larger bench \u2013 headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa heard the case. 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