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Summary Supreme Court has allowed FIA to become a party in the Benazir Bhutto murder case.
A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry heard the petition seeking to lodge second FIR of the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto on Monday.Punjab Police argued that second FIR could not be lodged into Benazir murder as challan was submitted to the court.The court was told that Gen (r) Pervez Musharraf, former CCPO Saud Aziz, former SSP Yasin Farooq, Khurram Shahzad and Babar Awan could not be served notices.On this, the apex court directed the registrar office to ensure process of delivery of notices to all parties.The bench ruled that notice be displayed outside Musharraf’s residence in Pakistan with a warning that some other cases were also being heard in the country.The court, while accepting the request of FIA, allowed the agency to be a party in the case and adjourned hearing of the case for two weeks.
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