Ziaullah Khan

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Charge:	Corruption (including Public Corruption)
Sentence:	7 years
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Year Cleared:	2019
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Pakistan
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City of Crime:	Karachi
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Masood Alam Niazi and Ziaullah Khan were wrongly convicted on October 11, 2018 of public corruption charges in Karachi, Pakistan. After their convictions Masood Niazi was sentenced to 5 years in prison, and Khan was sentenced to 7 years in prison. In August 2019 the Sindh High Court set-aside their convictions and ordered their acquittal on the basis the prosecution had failed to introduce evidence proving their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The Court observed that none of the witnesses implicated Niazi and Khan with the allegations of misappropriation or embezzlement, and no case of misappropriation had been made out against them by the prosecution."
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Innocence Proved By:	"In August 2019 the Sindh High Court set-aside their convictions and ordered their acquittal on the basis the prosecution had failed to introduce evidence proving their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The Court observed that none of the witnesses implicated Niazi and Khan with the allegations of misappropriation or embezzlement, and no case of misappropriation had been made out against them by the prosecution."
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Sex:	Male
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Information Source 1:	"SHC sets aside convictions of two USC employees in NAB reference, The News (International) (Karachi, Pakistan), August 14, 2019"
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Ziaullah Khan

Charge:

Corruption (including Public Corruption)

Sentence:

7 years

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

Year Cleared:

2019

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Pakistan

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Karachi

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

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Innocence Proved By:

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

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Information Source 1:

"SHC sets aside convictions of two USC employees in NAB reference, The News (International) (Karachi, Pakistan), August 14, 2019"

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https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/511638-shc-sets-aside-convictions-of-two-usc-employees-in-nab-reference

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