SC likely to hear presidential reference about 'judicial murder' of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto next week: sources

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday decided to hear the presidential reference about the 'judicial murder' of former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

According to sources, the reference about declaring the hanging of ZAB a judicial murder is likely to be fixed for hearing next week. A larger bench headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa will be formed to hear the reference.

In 2011, former president Asif Ali Zardari had sent the presidential reference about the hanging of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. The reference was filed under Article 186 (1 and 2) of the Constitution, which empowers the president to refer any question of public importance to the apex court to seek its opinion on any matter.

In March 1979, a seven-member SC bench had upheld a Lahore High Court verdict of awarding death sentence to the former prime minister in 1977.