• A larger bench will hear presidential reference related to ZA Bhutto.
• A bench headed by Chief Justice will be formed to hear reference.
• A bench headed by Chief Justice will be formed to hear reference.

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) is likely to hear a presidential reference  next week for revisiting former prime minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto’s murder case judgment.

The presidential reference regarding Zulfiqar Bhutto’s execution is likely to be scheduled for a hearing next week. A larger bench will hear the presidential reference related to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

The presidential reference will be heard under the supervision of Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa.

Sources said that a larger bench will hear the presidential reference related to the judicial killing of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. A bench headed by the Chief Justice will be formed to hear the reference.

It should be remembered that in 2011, the People’s Party government, through the then President Asif Ali Zardari, filed a reference in the Supreme Court regarding the execution of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

At that time, Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry formed an 11-member larger bench under his chairmanship, which conducted six hearings of the case from January 3, 2012, to November 12, 2012, but did not give any decision.

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