Lawyer says Mehek’s age verification not authentic
ISLAMABAD: Advocate Hashmat Habeeb, the lawyer of Zahra Mehek, on Thursday submitted an application in session court stating that the medical report about age verification of accused Zahra Mehek is not authentic as her birth certificate and educational documents were not submitted to the medical board during the verification process.
During the hearing of the murder case of Shahzadi Bibi and Sawera Hakim in the Sessions Court, the accused Zahra Mehek and Ibrar Qazi were presented in front of session judge Kausar Zaidi on Thursday.
Advocate Hashmat Habeeb, the lawyer of Zahra Mehek for Shahzadi Bibi’s murder case, submitted an application into the court by stating that how the report maintained by the medical board could be authentic if the educational documents and birth certificates of the accused were not submitted to them.
The court adjourned its process till Friday as the public prosecutor did not appear in court. Later, Advocate Zulfiqar Ali Bhutta, member of law council of Zahra Mehek, told The Spokesman that the medical examination of the accused was done without following the legal procedure.
“The police during the hearing stated that the medical examination was done without submitting her educational documents and birth certificates as the documents were not available, while actually the documents were attached with the application submitted to the court during the previous hearing by our law council, which clearly shows the contrast in police’s statement,”
he said.
Responding to the lawyer’s statement, ASI Mansoor, the investigation officer of the case, said the police followed what the court had ordered and the documents were not required by the doctors since it was a medical examination.
During the hearing of the murder case of Shahzadi Bibi and Sawera Hakim in the Sessions Court, the accused Zahra Mehek and Ibrar Qazi were presented in front of session judge Kausar Zaidi on Thursday.
Advocate Hashmat Habeeb, the lawyer of Zahra Mehek for Shahzadi Bibi’s murder case, submitted an application into the court by stating that how the report maintained by the medical board could be authentic if the educational documents and birth certificates of the accused were not submitted to them.
The court adjourned its process till Friday as the public prosecutor did not appear in court. Later, Advocate Zulfiqar Ali Bhutta, member of law council of Zahra Mehek, told The Spokesman that the medical examination of the accused was done without following the legal procedure.
“The police during the hearing stated that the medical examination was done without submitting her educational documents and birth certificates as the documents were not available, while actually the documents were attached with the application submitted to the court during the previous hearing by our law council, which clearly shows the contrast in police’s statement,”
he said.
Responding to the lawyer’s statement, ASI Mansoor, the investigation officer of the case, said the police followed what the court had ordered and the documents were not required by the doctors since it was a medical examination.
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