• During the proceedings, the judge inquired whether the weapons used in the killing had been recovered.
• Five members of Counter Terrorism Force (CTF) were arrested on Saturday after Usama was allegedly shot dead by them while he was travelling in his vehicle.

• The court directed the authorities to release them if they are not booked in any other cases
• ATC issued lifetime arrest warrants for eight absconding accused including Mullah Fazlullah, who died in 2018

• ATC states that intrinsic value of the prosecution evidence collected is not persuasive enough to warrant any conviction

• In his reply to the ATC, the PM said the case was filed by his political opponents to malign them.

• Counsels representing PML-N leaders told the court that terrorism charges were incorporated in the case at government’s behest

• Counsels for PML-N leaders say terrorism charges were incorporated in the case at the government’s behest

ATC also extended the physical remand of another accused in motorway gang-rape, Shafqat Ali, for 14 days and ordered the police to present him in the court on October 28

The court also sentenced lifetime imprisonment to another accused named Mubarak Ali in the same case.

• He has confessed to killing 198 people on ethnic and political grounds.

• The court awarded the three accused, Khalid Shamim, Mohsin Ali and Moazzam Ali, to life term