KARACHI: (HRNW) Rights activist Perween Rahman’s family Monday decided to challenge the Sindh High Court’s verdict acquitting all five men sentenced in her murder case in the Supreme Court.
Aqeela Ismail, sister of the slain rights activist, told Geo News that the verdict is “beyond comprehension”.
“Everything was clear both the joint investigation teams found the suspects guilty [of her murder]; however, every thing was ended today,” she highlighted, lamenting that neither were they heard nor given an opportunity in the SHC.
She said that the lives of her family members and the employees of the Orangi Pilot Project were in danger after the release of the suspects.
Aqeela urged the authorities to arrest the suspects under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance, 1960. She also requested the Sindh government to file an appeal against the verdict of the SHC in the murder case immediately.
The slain architect’s sister also demanded the federal government provide them with justice.
SHC orders release of men accused in Perween Rahman’s murder
Earlier in the day, the SHC nullified the life-imprisonment sentences handed down to five accused persons in the Perween Rahman murder case.
In its order, the high court ordered the release of Raheem Swati, Ayaz Swati, Amjad Hussain Khan, Ahmed Khan alias Pappu Kashmiri, and Imran Swati, who had appealed against the verdict of an anti-terrorism court.
“…the appellants are entitled to the benefit of the doubt as a matter of right as opposed to concession and in this case, as mentioned above we have found many doubts concerning the appellant’s involvement in the murder of the deceased,” the order read.