Summary Deputy Attorney General has been summoned on Monday to present arguments in the case.
RAWALPINDI (Web Desk) - Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi bench on Friday halted execution of three condemned prisoners in Musharraf attack case, Dunya News reported.
A single bench of the high court consisting Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin heard the petition submitted by prisoners Khalid Mehmood, Nawaz Sharif Ali and Muhammad Mushtaq.
Col (retd) Inamur Raheem, lawyer of the petitioners, argued that his clients were handed death penalty by a military court without the chargesheet. No relevant documents were provided as well.
He told court that several appeals were filed against the verdict but subsequently rejected without giving any reason.
On this, the LHC bench accepted the petition and issued a notice to the federation. Deputy Attorney General has also been summoned on Monday to present his arguments in the case.
Nine convicted militants have been hanged so far since the Prime Minister lifted temporary ban on capital punishment following terrorist attack on Peshawar school.
Six of those executed were found guilty of trying to assassinate then-military dictator Musharraf in Rawalpindi in 2003 and the seventh was sentenced in connection with a 2009 attack on the army headquarters.
