Summary The hearing of the case was held in Supreme Court by a three-member bench.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – A new Joint Investigation Team (JIT) was constituted on Wednesday to probe the murder of Parveen Rehman, a social activist and Director of the Orangi Pilot Project.
The hearing of the case was held in Supreme Court by a three-member bench headed by Justice Azmat Saeed Sheikh.
The petition seeking formation of new JIT was submitted by the victim’s sister.
Additional Attorney General Tariq Khokar told during the hearing that interior ministry has formed new five-member JIT which will be headed by Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) Director Mazhar Kaka Khel.
The notification pertaining to the JIT was also presented in the court.
On the matter of threat calls received to the members of Orangi project, Khokhar said that FIA has submitted its report in this regard while other law enforcement agencies have yet to respond.
Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed directed the agencies to submit report soon. He remarked that the court will keep an eye on the performance of JIT.
The hearing was adjourned for three weeks.
Parveen Rehman was gunned down near her office in Karachi’s Orangi Town on March 13, 2013. She devoted her life to the development of the impoverished neighbourhoods across the country.
A day after the murder, police killed a Taliban operative named Qari Bilal claiming that he was behind the murder. The case was closed afterwards.
However; the Supreme Court of Pakistan in April 2014 ordered authorities to conduct a fresh probe into Parveen Rehman’s murder after a judicial inquiry had revealed that police officers had manipulated the investigation.
