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faith and had involved his niece in that sin as well; that S.A. swore to kill the complainant and his
relatives; that S.A. and his accomplices are waiting for the complainant to return so that they can kill
him; that S.A. and his accomplices already broke into D.’s home and murdered his daughter, his sister
and her son; that S.A. and his accomplices also kidnapped D.’s nephew at that time and then fled; that
the police reluctantly arrested the accomplices and brought charges against them; that the police were
unable to locate D.’s nephew; that D. received messages from S.A. to have the case against his
accomplices dismissed, or he would kill D.’s nephew; and that because S.A. is rich and powerful, the
police did not bring charges against him;
(c) An affidavit from the complainant’s uncle, who states that S.A. threatened to kill the
complainant due to the latter’s conversion to the Shia faith;
(d) An affidavit from a cousin of the complainant’s ex-wife, who states that S.A. threatened to
kill the complainant due to the latter’s conversion to the Shia faith; that members of the coalition
party had the complainant unlawfully arrested, detained and tortured, and raided the complainant’s
house and destroyed his furniture and other belongings; that after his release, the complainant was
under medical treatment for a few months; that the complainant then moved to Jhang, but was forced
to return because militants belonging to the coalition party spotted him in Jhang; that the complainant
then fled to the United States in August 1992; that most of the assailants who targeted the
complainant’s cousin and his family are now out on bail, and that S.A. is waiting for the
complainant’s return in order to kill him; and that S.A. has developed a good relationship with the
government leaders who had the complainant arrested and tortured 22 years ago;
(e) An autopsy report from the Punjab Forensic Science Laboratory, dated 29 November 2005,
which does not clearly indicate the name of the deceased, but states that the deceased was killed by
bullets;
(f) A post-mortem report for “I., alias T.”;
(g) A chemical examiner’s report apparently dated 24 July 2009 stating that the article received
was stained with blood. The article is identified as “churrii”;
(h) A post-mortem report for “Z.”, stating that all injuries were caused by a firearm and included
damage to the skull and brain;
(i) A post-mortem report for D.’s son, deceased on 25 June 2009. The report states the cause of
death as throttling/smothering leading to asphyxia and death;
(j) A chemical examiner’s report, apparently dated 19 July 2009, stating that the article received
(“cotton”), was stained with blood;
(k) A post-mortem examination memo dated 26 June 2009, stating that the cause of death of Z.
was strangulation (throttling) leading to asphyxiation and death as a result of bullet wounds;
(l) A document dated 5 September 2012, entitled The State vs. M.S., etc. The document states
that the accused persons A., S., and M.N. were in custody;
(m) Other documents purporting to relate to the prosecution of M.S. and others. One such
document states that the named persons were charged with, among other things, the kidnapping of
Z.A. (nephew of the complainant), aged 1 and a half years, the theft of a television, and an
unspecified act perpetrated against Q., K.B., R., alias B., and Z., alias F., while armed with deadly
weapons. The acts allegedly occurred on 25 June 2009;
(n) Other post-mortem documents;
(o) A police report dated 25 June 2009, describing the accusations of D. relating to the
persecution encountered by the complainant at the hands of his ex-in-laws;
(p) Various documents relating to the prosecution of F.H. and others, G.M., A.A., N. and K., who
were accused of forming an unlawful assembly while armed with deadly weapons, and of firing on I.,
alias T. One of the documents states that all defendants declined to plead guilty. In response to the
State party’s observation that the complainant did not provide this evidence to the State party
previously, the complainant states that he received this evidence in March and August 2013, but that
because some of the documents were not legible, he needed additional time to procure legible copies
of the documents, and was able to do so in November 2013;
(q) A notarized affidavit from C.M.A., President of PPP Lahore, stating, inter alia, that the
Pakistan Muslim League-N and Jamaat-e-Islami officials who were involved in the complainant’s
arrest, detention and torture have since been promoted to high-level positions, and continue to be
“angry” with the complainant because they lost the 1990 election due to his efforts; that the
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