Ajmal Pahari released as JIT report proved false

Ajmal Pahari released as JIT report proved false #pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The alleged target killer, Ajmal Pahari, has been acquitted and set free despite his on-camera confession of involvement in 111 murders, and the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report on his alleged crimes. After seeing the JIT report Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry observed on September 6, 2011 that, “Pahari’s declaration of guilt is an eye-opener”. The JIT report, however, could not be proved in court as the accused and all the witnesses of the murder cases retracted their statements that earlier accused Pahari of murders. The court was therefore left with no option but to order his release in accordance with the law of the land. Ajmal Pahari alias Adnan Bhai was arrested by the Anti Extremist Cell of Karachi Police’s Crime Investigation Department on March 18, 2011 from his New Karachi area hideout. SSP Chaudhry Aslam termed his arrest a major success...

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