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Lahore High Court Acquits Three in 2014 Wagah Border Bombing Case

Judges set aside the 2020 death sentences plus 300-year terms after finding the record failed to prove facilitation.

At least 60 people were killed and 100 others were injured in a suicide attack at Wagah border on November 2, 2014. (Photo: AP/File)

Overview

  • A division bench led by Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi allowed appeals on Tuesday, setting aside death sentences and cumulative 300-year terms imposed in 2020.
  • The court freed Haseenullah Haseena, Habibullah, and Syed Jan alias Gajni, who had been accused of facilitating the suicide bomber.
  • The November 2014 explosion at the Wagah border near Lahore killed at least 60 people and injured around 100.
  • Defense counsel argued the men were added to the FIR nine months after the attack and that no substantive evidence linked them to facilitation, arguments the bench found persuasive.
  • Prosecutors presented more than 100 witnesses over a trial lasting over five years, and responsibility for the attack was separately claimed by Jundullah and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar.