KARACHI: On Monday, Sindh High Court dismissed a petition of the alleged Lyari gangster Uzair Jan Baloch. The latter pleaded against a military court verdict.
The court dismissed the petition because Uzair Baloch’s counsel in the case was not present.
The petitioner had pleaded
to the high court to restric
t implementation of th
e verdict of the military court.
The military court convicted the accuse
d without taking up the required legal procedure, according
to the petition.
The government counsel in his arguments said that the petition
to the court was not maintainable.
“Appeal against th
e verdict of military court could only be filed in the Supreme Court,” the counsel added.
The bench had also asked the lawyer to present arguments over maintainability of the petition.
The counsel of the petitioner did not appear in the court hearing
today also.
