Conclude stabbing case in 30 days: LHC

LAHORE

Lahore High Court Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah Tuesday took notice on administrative side and directed a judicial magistrate to conclude trial in stabbing case of a law student, Khadija Siddiqui, within one month.

The chief justice had sought a report from a district & sessions judge about progress in the case.

After going through the report, the chief justice ordered judicial magistrate Mubashir Hussain Awan to hold trial proceedings on a day-to-day basis and conclude the same within 30 days.

The chief justice directed the director general of district judiciary to keep the high court updated with the progress of the case by submitting weekly reports. Khadija Siddiqui, a student at a private law college, was allegedly stabbed by her class fellow Shah Hussain on May 3, 2016 near Shimla Hill where she along with driver had gone to pick her younger sister from school.