Actor Osman Khalid Butt has challenged the acquittal of Qandeel Baloch’s brother in the Supreme Court (SC), Barrister Khadija Siddiqi stated on Twitter. She also termed it as a “test case”.
“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,” the tweet read.
Earlier, Osman Khalid Butt expressed his anger and disappointment at the decision. Last month, the Lahore High Court (LHC) acquitted the brother of model Qandeel Baloch, Waseem Azeem, in her murder case, abolishing the life imprisonment awarded to him.
“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 went on to comment, “We are in the concluding stages of a high-profile and incredibly brutal murder case even now – how does this ruling inspire any confidence (except to the guilty) in our judicial system? Six years – and an anti-honour killing Bill – later, we’re back to square one.”
Osman concluded with, “This is not the first time sentences for heinous crimes have been reduced or overturned. Why do these loopholes still exist in our judicial system whereby murderers can eventually walk free?”
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