RAWALPINDI:

The District and Sessions Judge Abid Rizwan Abid on Saturday admitted the charge sheet in the case of murder of 17-year-old Sidra Bibi for hearing.

Sidra Bibi was allegedly killed in the name of ‘honour’ in the Pirwadhai area for re-marrying, following her divorce from the first husband.

The court issued notices to nine accused currently in custody, directing the jail authorities to produce them on September 15. The judge also ordered the arrest and production of 18 absconding suspects, among them the victim’s mother, two sisters, sister-in-law and mother-in-law.

:Senior PML-N leader Ismatullah Khan, allegedly the head of the jirga, who is said to have sanctioned the killing, has also been indicted in the case.

Regular proceedings in the case are scheduled to commence on S

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