Osman Khalid Butt challenges acquittal of Qandeel Baloch’s brother in Supreme Court
Osman Khalid Butt challenges the acquittal of Qandeel Baloch’s brother in the Supreme Court!
The development was shared by Barrister Khadija Siddiqi in a social media post on Monday.
Qandeel Baloch’s brother Waseem was acquitted by the Lahore High Court (LHC) in the murder case earlier this month, leaving the country in shock.
Read more: Qandeel Baloch’s brother Waseem has been acquitted by the court
The LHC had also abolished the life imprisonment sentence awarded to the prime suspect by a sessions court.
Barrister Khadija Siddiqi terming the case a test case in a tweet said, “Qandeel Baloch challenged in the SC by Osman Khalid Butt vs. The State through the Prosecutor General Punjab, Lahore and another. A test case! An example must be set Filed it today in Islamabad under Article 184(3), original jurisdiction SCP.”
#qandeelbaloch challenged in the SC by @aClockworkObi , Osman Khalid Butt vs. The State through the Prosecutor General Punjab, Lahore and another.
— khadija siddiqi (@khadijasid751) February 28, 2022
A test case! An example must be set
Filed it today in Islamabad under Article 184(3), original jurisdiction SCP. pic.twitter.com/nOxGOaehN7
Actor Osman Khalid Butt like millions of other Pakistanis expressed his anger and disappointment at the decision.
“Qandeel Baloch’s murderer walks free today after serving less than six years of his life sentence. He is on record admitting to drugging and murdering his sister. Someone please make this make sense to me,” he said in a tweet following the decision.
Qandeel Baloch's murderer walks free today after serving less than six years of his life sentence.
— Osman Khalid Butt (@aClockworkObi) February 14, 2022
He is on record admitting to drugging and murdering his sister.
Someone please make this make sense to me.
