KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) MPA Jam Awais, the prime suspect in Nazim Jokhio murder case, has been staying at a hospital instead of jail for the past several months, it emerged Saturday.
Accused Jam Awais, along with his servants, is facing charges of murdering Nazim Jokhio.
A well-placed source has informed ARY News that jail authorities shifted PPP MPA Jam Awais to a private hospital in Karachi.
Sources further revealed that jail authorities also failed to produce the accused before a sessions court yesterday for a fourth consecutive hearing.
When contacted by ARY News, jail authorities confirmed that PPP MPA Owais had been admitted to hospital after his health deteriorated.
Earlier, the family of deceased Nazim Jokhio in an affidavit, filed in court said to pardon PPP MPA Jam Awais and other accused in the high-profile murder case.
NAZIM JOKHIO FAMILY FORGIVES PPP MPA, OTHER MURDER ACCUSED
In October last year, the family of Nazim Jokhio said that PPP MPA Jam Awais Gohram Jokhio and his men had allegedly tortured Nazim Jokhio to death as he tried to stop his foreign guests from hunting houbara bustards in the Memon Goth area of Karachi.
Police registered a murder case against Awais, his brother MNA Jam Kareem and others.
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