ISLAMABAD: A statement by Assistant commissioner Nisha Ishtiaq in Tayyaba torture case has been recorded in the Islamabad High Court on Friday as Inquiry expedited after orders from the Supreme Court.
Tayyaba told Ishtiaq that she had been tortured by Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Khurram Ali and his wife.
In a hearing, Ishtiaq told the court that she had personally recorded Tayyaba’s statement and had signed the document.
Three witnesses, constables Naseem, Mariam and Ghulam Hussain have been summoned on January 19 in the next hearing
On January 9, a three-member bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, expressed dissatisfaction over prosecutor’s performance and ordered completion of the trial by February 15.
While hearing the case, the chief justice enquired the prosecutor about the number of days it would take to complete the trial. To this, the advocate general told the court that witnesses’ statements were being recorded and the proceedings will be completed by the end of this February.
The apex court has also discarded an appeal filed by judge Raja Khurram, challenging the high court’s rejection.
