Khadija Shah seeks bail
LAHORE/ISLAMABAD: Khadija Shah, the prime suspect of attack on the Corps Commander’s Lahore residence on May 9, filed a plea in the Lahore High Court today seeking post-arrest bail.
Sumaira Khosa filed the bail plea on behalf of Khadija Shah. Ms Shah courted arrest a week after hiding here and there in Lahore to avoid arrest in the Jinnah House and the Askari Tower attacks cases.
Her family also used their influence to get pardon for Khadija Shah, but the response they got from the power corridors was “Absolutely Not.”
Earlier, the anti-terrorism court in Lahore rejected her bail. Therefore, Khadija Shah urged the Lahore High Court to grant her post-arrest bail.
Khadija Shah is a prominent fashion designer, and a US citizen. Lahore police arrested her for her alleged involvement in the arson of the Lahore Corp Commander House (Jinnah House) on May 9.
She is daughter of former finance minister Dr Salman Shah and grand-daughter of ex-army chief General Asif Nawaz Janjua.
Meanwhile, a few days ago, police gave consular access to Ms Shah on the request of the US Ambassy.
Army officers guilty of May 9 attacks sacked
Meanwhile,
Director General of the ISPR Maj-Gen. Ahmad Sharif Chaudhry said that the May 9 attacks were pre-planned.
He said that three army officers, including a Lt-General, have been sacked while action was taken against 15 other army officers.
DG ISPR said that ex-servicemen and their family members involved in the May 9 attacks will also be punished.
Addressing a Press conference on Monday, he said that the planning of attacks on the army’s offices and installations was carried out months before May 9. He said that military courts will decide the cases of those involved in attacks on army offices and installations, etc.
Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said Monday that the military had dismissed an army officer of Lt-Gen rank and several others who failed to protect the military installations on May 9.
A granddaughter (Khadija Shah) of a retired four-star general and a son-in-law of a retired four-star general are among those arrested in connection with the probe into May 9 riots.
Furthermore, the wife of a retired three-star general and a wife and son-in-law of a retired two-star general are also facing an accountability process, he added.
