Murtaza case: Hearing put off

KARACHI - A divisional bench of Sindh High Court comprising of Chief Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali and Justice Khawaja Naveed Ahmed on Wednesday issued notice to two tribal chiefs involved in a Karo Kari case to appear before the court on 18th of November.

The bench conducted the hearing on the petition filed by a couple, Saira Jatoi and Ismail Somroo, requesting for shelter.

The petitioners appealed that protection should be provided to them as they had been declared as Kari in the jirga led by Sardar Abid Hussain Jatoi and others.

Saira Jatoi had married against the will of her parents and other relatives.

The petitioners submitted that their relatives wanted to murder them therefore they had no other option but to escape for their lives.

They added that tribal chief Abid Hussain Jatoi along with other jirga members had also issued directives to kill them.