Justice Ijazul Ahsan presided over a three-judge panel that heard the case. Shahrukh’s attorney, Latif Khosa, informed the supreme court at the hearing that a formal pardon had already been granted and that his clients had no desire to incite terrorism.
Shahzeb was assassinated in 2012 following a minor disagreement in Karachi’s defence sector, and this need to be mentioned. Shahrukh and his accomplice Siraj Ali Talpur were given the death punishment by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) for the murder, while Sajjad Ali Talpur and Ghulam Murtaza Lashari received life sentences.
The SHC eventually modified the death sentences to life in prison after considering appeals against the verdict. All four defendants then appealed the high court’s decision to the Supreme Court.
