KARACHI: A district and sessions court in Malir on Tuesday extended physical remand of suspects in a case pertaining to the murder of a local journalist in Sindh.
Nazim Jokhio was allegedly tortured to death at the farmhouse of a Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) lawmaker Jam Awais Khan Jokhio for trying to prevent his guests from illegal hunting endangered houbara bustard.
An autopsy had found severe torture marks and bruises all over the body of the deceased.
The investigation officer in the case told the court that Nazim’s burnt mobile phone and clothes have been recovered and sent to the forensic lab.
However, the claimant on behalf of family members of the victim told the court that accessories belonging to Nazim were not verified by them and sent to forensic and lawyers were not present when important evidence was recovered.
The petitioner also filed an application for a forensic test of the mobile of the SHO Memon Goth as it was alleged that the SHO was in contact with the accused killers of Nazim Jhokio.
The Court will hear the argument in the next hearing to include the terrorism sections in the FIR.
The court ordered the accused to produce the accused on November 18.
Earlier, the Sindh Assembly on Monday echoed the brutal murders of Nazim and Fahmida Sial with members from both sides of the aisle strongly condemning the incidents demanding justice to the victims’ families.
