RAWALPINDI, Sep 07 (TNS): The Police officers convicted in Benazir murder case on Thursday challenged the Anti-terrorism court verdict in Lahore High Court.
Former CCPO Rawalpindi Saud Aziz and SP Khurram Shahzad, who were sentenced to prison in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, filed appeal against the ATC verdict in LHC Rawalpindi bench.
The appeal was filed after receiving a copy of the detailed judgment.
Last week, the ATC announced its verdict in the murder case of the former prime minister after nearly ten years.
Aziz, who was the police chief in Rawalpindi at the time of Bhutto’s assassination, and Shahzad, the Rawal Town SP, were sentenced to 17 years each and ordered to pay a fine of Rs0.5 million each for their negligence in investigating the case properly.
The verdict announced by ATC Judge Asghar Khan at Adiala Jail also cleared five accused in the case and declared former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf an absconder.
