ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday set aside the verdict of Islamabad High Court (IHC), extending the jail sentence of Raja Khurram Ali Khan, former judge and his wife convicted in 2018 for torturing a young domestic worker named Tayyaba. A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mushir Alam and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsen and Justice Yahya Afridi issued a verdict in the appeals filed by Mst Maheen Zafar and Raja Khurram Ali Khan against a common judgment dated 11.06.2018 rendered by the IHC division bench in the two appeals filed against the judgment rendered by the IHC single bench dated 26.03.2018 in its original criminal jurisdiction arising from the crime registered as FIR No 483 dated 29.12.2016 in Police Station Industrial Area, Islamabad. —Correspondent
