Posted 12/12/2023, 6:48:30 AM
Supreme Court Resumes Hearing on Revisiting Bhutto's 1979 Death Sentence
- Supreme Court resumed hearing a long-pending reference seeking to revisit Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's controversial 1979 death sentence
- Reference was filed in 2011 on behalf of Asif Ali Zardari to get SC's opinion on revisiting Bhutto's death sentence
- Bhutto was awarded death sentence in 1978 by a Lahore High Court bench, upheld by a split 4-3 Supreme Court verdict in 1979
- Ahead of hearing, PPP leaders including Bilawal Bhutto arrived at Supreme Court, hoping court would "undo a grievous wrong"
- PPP Senator Raza Rabbani said the hearing is an opportunity to correct an historic wrong done through the "judicial murder" of Bhutto