Shahrukh Jatoi freed from jail after 10 years.

KARACHI -- Shahrukh Jatoi - main accused in the high-profile Shahzeb Khan murder case - has been freed from the Malir Jail after 10 years, according to jail authorities.

Last month, the Supreme Court of Pakistan had ordered the acquittal of culprits in the Shahzeb murder case.

The top court had annulled the Sindh High Court's verdict to uphold the punishment of the accused individuals in the case and ordered their release following reconciliation with the bereaved family.

On October 18, the SC had acquitted death the row inmate Jatoi along with other convicts in the case.

At the outset of the hearing on October 18, the accused party's lawyer Latif Khosa told the three-member bench, headed by Justice Ijaz Ul Ahsan, that the parties in the case have already reached a settlement.

Khosa told the bench that his clients had no plans of spreading terror, adding that the murder case...

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