Pakistan: F-8 court attack: Judge Rafaqat Awan was killed by terrorists, says reader

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Khalid Noon, the reader of the slain Additional Sessions Judge Rafaqat Ahmed Awan appeared before the apex court today (Monday) and stated that the police was pressurising him to give a statement according to their will. A three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani heard the Islamabad court attack case. During case proceedings, reader Khalid Noon claimed that Judge Rafaqat Awan was shot by the terrorists. He told court that ASP RA Aziz wanted him to say that Rafaqat Awan was accidentally shot and killed by his own guard during the attack. Meanwhile, brother of Awan Colonel Safdar Hussain said that the reader was a liar. The bench told Colonel Safdar that he was not witness to the attack and his statement could affect the investigation process. Earlier today,Inspect General of Police, Islamabad Chief Commissioner, Chief Secretaries and District and Session Judge East and West presented their reports in the court. In the report, IG Islamabad stated that there were two terrorists involved in the attack. however, Islamabad chief commissioner’s report stated that there were more than two attackers. The chief commissioner told court that the deputy commissioner is carrying out an inquiry into the attack and so far 154 people have recorded their statements. The apex court expressed dissatisfaction over the police report, stating that reports by the Islamabad chief commissioner and the inspector general of police (IGP) Islamabad were contradictory. The court ordered that a new report about the attack on Islamabad’s district court should be presented in two days. The case was adjourned till March 17. On March 3, two suicide bombers and several armed terrorists attacked the district courts in Islamabad’s sector F-8 killing at least 11 people, including an additional sessions judge and a female lawyer, and injuring over two dozen others.