KARACHI: A judicial magistrate granted on Wednesday bail to Shahrukh Jatoi in a case pertaining to his escape to avoid arrest after Shahzeb Khan’s murder.

Shahrukh has been booked for allegedly escaping on forged documents from the Karachi airport to Dubai a couple of days after he was booked in the Shahzeb Khan murder case and his brother Nawab Ali Jatoi, Mohammad Khurram, one of the directors of the Sikandar Ali Jatoi group of companies, PIA officials Mahmood Sultan and Wasi Akhtar, known as protocol officials of Bilawal House, Sohail Ahmed, Mohammed Omer Domki and Abu Bakar Domki of a travel agency and others have also been charge sheeted for facilitating Shahrukh’s escape.

Shahrukh through his lawyer moved the bail application and after hearing arguments from both sides, a judicial magistrate (Malir) granted bail against a surety bond of Rs100,000.

Published in Dawn, December 14th, 2017