ISLAMABAD: (Parliament Times) The Supreme Court on Friday acquitted a death-row convict after 11 years.
Mohammad Anar was acquitted for lack of evidence.
A trial court had sentenced him to death for a murder. The Lahore High Court converted his death sentence into life sentence.
During the hearing, Justice Asif Saeed Khosa remarked the High Court did not have the guts to acquit him. “It is unfortunate that no action was taken against the fake witness.â€
On November 25, the Supreme Court acquitted a murder convict Mazhar Farooq after 24 years.
In a similar case earlier this year, the Supreme Court in October, acquitted Mazhar Hussain after 19 years in jail for lack of evidence. Unfortunately, Mazhar died in 2014, two years before the SC verdict announced him innocent.
