In a written order by the sessions court in Islamabad, it stated that the petition aiming the constitution of a medical board to determine the mental health of Zahir Jaffer was put forward “just to get rid of criminal liability”. “No such objection had ever been raised earlier before the learned magistrates at [the] remand stage, as well as before this court,” the order read, stating that objection was raised when “the trial is going to end very soon”. The court had rejected the application, which was filed by Zahir’s legal team on December 1, a day ago.
