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An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday indicted two suspects in the motorway gang-rape case and also recorded statements of 10 prosecution witnesses. File photo
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Wednesday indicted two suspects in the motorway gang-rape case and also recorded statements of 10 prosecution witnesses.
Prime suspect Abid Malhi and co-suspect Shafqat Bagga pleaded not guilty and Judge Arshad Hussain Bhutta directed the prosecution to present its witnesses.
A special team of prosecutors comprising Waqar Abid, Hafiz Asghar and Abdul Jabbar produced the witnesses who recorded their statements before the judge adjourned the hearing till Thursday (today).
As many as 53 prosecution witnesses had been enlisted in the investigation report, including the complainant woman and the person who reported the incident on the police helpline.
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Activists of the Aurat (Woman) March shout slogans during a rally to mark International Women s Day in Islamabad on March 8, 2020. - Protesters marched in Pakistani cities on March 8 to mark International Women s Day in an ultra-conservative society where women are still put to death under ancient honour codes. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
A woman was raped in front of her children by two men on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway on September 9, 2020. The case rattled the country and reignited the debate on whether capital punishment should be fixed for rapists or not.