The heirs of deceased Nazim Jokhio on Saturday filed an affidavit in a sessions court regarding an out-of-the-court settlement with the accused in the high-profile murder case. 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.
The police registered a murder case against PPP MPA Jam Awais, his brother MNA Jam Abdul Karim and others. The court took up the matter on Saturday to frame the charges against the suspects. “We have reached to a settlement with accused,” family members of the murder victim said in an affidavit submitted in the court of additional district and sessions judge, Malir. “We have reached to a settlement with the accused and have no objection to dismiss the case,” hears of the slain Nazim, including his brother, widow and mother, told the court. The affidavit was signed by the mother of Nazim Jokhio, his widow and children. The court sought a report from NADRA with regard to the family until the next hearing of the case, which was adjourned until October 15.
PPP MPA Jam Awais along with his servants and guards, including Haider Ali, Meer Ali, Mohammad Mairaj, Mohammad Saleem Salar, Mohammad Doda Khan, Ahmed Khan Shoro and Mohammad Soomar, was booked and detained for murdering 26-year-old Nazim Jokhio at the MPA’s farmhouse in Malir.
