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Advocate Razzaq Shar murder case: SC summons Chairman PTI on Aug 9

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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Saturday summoned Chairman PTI and former premier Imran Khan in the murder case of senior lawyer Advocate Abdul Razzaq Shar.

The SC asked the former prime minister to appear on August 9.

A three-member bench headed by Justice Yahya Khan Afridi comprising Justice Mazahir Ali Akbar and Justice Musarrat Hilali will hear the plea.

On the last hearing of the case, the Supreme Court barred police from arresting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman in the murder case of senior Supreme Court Lawyer Advocate Abdul Razzaq Shar.

“We will not issue any order now,” the bench head Justice Yahya Khan Afridi remarked. Later, the hearing was adjourned until August 9.

Read more: Another police complaint registered against Imran Khan in Lahore

The court directed authorities to not arrest the PTI chief in the SC lawyer murder case till the next hearing of the case (August 9).

The PTI chairman was booked in Advocate Abdul Razzaq Shar murder case, registered at the Shaheed Jameel Kakar police station under the charges of murder, terrorism and others on the complaint of the deceased’s son.

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