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Summary The Attorney General said that ZA Bhutto was hanged in haste while LHC acted as the trial court.
Eleven-member bench of the Supreme Court, headed by the Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, is hearing the case.In his arguments, Attorney General Maulvi Anwarul Huque said that the execution was normally carried out after 7 to 21 days of a death warrant, while in the case of Bhutto it was hastily done.The Attorney General in his arguments further said that the Lahore High Court acted as the trial court in Bhutto case which was violation of the court orders. Whereas, High Court only acts as an appellate court, the Attorney General said.
