Court approves physical remand of suspects involved in airport attack

KARACHI: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Karachi handed over the two suspects involved in the airport suicide attack to Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) on 10-day physical remand.

The CTD officials presented the two suspects arrested in the airport suicide attack case in the ATC in Karachi.

The investigating officer (IO) requested physical remand of the accused and told the court that physical remand of the accused is required for interrogation.

The court approved the ten-day physical remand of the accused Javed and Gul Nisa and handed them over to the CTD and asked for a progress report from the investigation officer for the upcoming hearing.

The court directed to form a joint investigation team (JIT) to investigate the accused and said that the Sindh Home Department should form a JIT to investigate the accused.

The CTD officials brought the two arrested accused to the court in an armored vehicle under tight security.

CTD officials said that the mastermind of the terrorist attack, Javed, and the facilitator, Gul Nisa were involved in suicide blast.

Earlier, Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) is planning to introduce new strict entry rules and requirements for visitors to ensure fool proof security at Jinnah International Airport, Karachi.

The decision has been taken following a terrorist attack on Chinese nationals near Karachi airport.