KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Tuesday acquitted four suspects in the Karachi Airport attack case as the prosecution failed to prove charges against them.
In June 2014, Karachi Airport was attacked by militants that claimed the lives of 27 people including airport employees and members of the Airport Security Force (ASF). All the 10 attackers who tried to make their way inside the premises were also killed by security forces.
While conducting the hearing of the case today, the court acquitted four suspects including APML Sindh Convener Sarmad Siddiqui and directed the concerned authorities to free them if they are not involved in any other cases. The others who were acquitted included Nadeem aka Burger, Asif Zaheer and Abdul Rashid.
Besides, the ATC issued lifetime arrest warrants for eight absconding accused including Mullah Fazlullah, who died in 2018.
It is pertinent to mention here that the police claimed that the suspects had played their part as facilitators in the attack and provided the attackers with logistics, weapons and funds.
In March 2015, the ATC judge, Justice Bashir Ahmed Khoso while conducting a hearing of the Karachi airport attack case, indicted three suspects Sarmad Siddiqui, Asif Zaheer and Nadeem alias Burger.
