An Anti Terrorist Court will resume the hearing of the former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto assassination case here next week. The Defence Lawyers had completed the cross-examination of the Magistrate Chaudhry Taufeeq on last date of hearing. The Magistrate had recorded the confessional statements of five accused under the law.
The case will now come up for hearing before the Judge ATC-I Chaudhry Habib-ur-Rehman on March 21. The case is being heard inside Adiala Jail premises due to security reasons. Benazir Bhutto was martyred during a suicide attack here December 27th, 2007.
The joint investigation team had arrested five accused. These include Aitraz Shah, Sher Zaman, Rafaqat, Hasnain Gul and Mufti Abdur Rashid. The court had also declared Baitullah Masud as Proclaimed Offender in this case.