Pakistani Twitter outraged after SC acquits Shahrukh Jatoi

Authorized specialists and social media customers had been shocked and outraged after the Supreme Court docket (SC) acquitted Shahrukh Jatoi within the 2012 Shahzeb Khan homicide case, on Tuesday.

Earlier within the day, a three-member bench of the apex courtroom led by Justice Ijaz-ul-Ahsan granted Jatoi freedom after listening to the case.

In the course of the listening to, Jatoi’s counsel Latif Khosa argued that “the events have already reached an settlement.”

Lawyer and social activist Jibran Nasir took to his official Twitter deal with to state that “the wealthy and highly effective exploit provision of compromise in our authorized system to get away with [the] homicide of the weak and poor”.

He added that involved residents and society might solely do “a lot” till legal guidelines modified.

Abdul Moiz Jafferi, one other lawyer, mentioned that the legal guidelines and trials had been a “sham”, and the conclusion to the notorious homicide case was “shambolic”.

“In Pakistan, employees and farmers are awarded life sentences on terrorism prices for demanding fundamental rights however hideous murderers like Shah Rukh Jatoi, Jam Awais and CTD are acquitted,” mentioned activist Ammar Ali Jan.

He added that it was shameful that the Pakistani state “acts sturdy in opposition to the weak and weak in opposition to the sturdy”.

Quote sharing a information story in regards to the accused’s acquittal, author Fatima Bhutto acknowledged that, “It’s insufferable how kindly the courts deal with killers. If solely they protected victims in the identical method.”

Barrister Asad Rahim Khan known as the transfer a “monstrous judgment by the Supreme Court docket”, and claimed that the “escape [was] enabled by the PPP govt” with the sufferer’s being “crushed into accepting diyat”.

“An utter miscarriage of justice”.

Former columnist for The Specific Tribune and lawyer Hassan Niazi mentioned that “the Supreme Court docket continues to tug its status via dust”

“Justice Ijazul Ahsan is an fascinating man. He’ll gladly assume guilt and dangerous religion for politicians however will give a person who dedicated homicide in the course of the road the advantage of the doubt”.

He underlined that “the underlying drawback is with a damaged felony justice system, the place the wealthy and highly effective have the avenue of ‘compromise’ and blood cash to get away with homicide. Necessitating offences like terrorism for use to prosecute homicide”.

“The system is abhorrent”, he added.

Journalist Madeeha Syed acknowledged that Pakistan’s “legal guidelines present the entire loopholes you must commit homicide and get away with it”.

Lawyer Salaar Khan highlighted that “justice is a privilege, not a proper”.

“The courtroom will face fairly the duty in justifying this verdict. For all of the concentrate on the pardon, the SC had legitimate causes for rejecting it – had it been so inclined,” he mentioned.

PTI chief and former planning minister Asad Umar additionally took to Twitter to state that Sharukh Jatoi was acquitted.

He questioned if any of the “wealthy and highly effective” had been left in jail.

Journalist Maria Memon additionally questioned the acquittals, stating that “it was virtually unattainable to convict the elite in Pakistan. Who’s subsequent now? Zahir Jaffar? Shahnawaz Amir?”