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Shahzeb Khan, 20, was shot dead by Shahrukh Jatoi, who was convicted on June 7. PHOTO: FILE KARACHI:  The Supreme Court (SC) Karachi rejected the accused Shahrukh Jatoi’s appeal for the transfer of the Shahzeb Khan murder case to a sessions court from the Anti-terrorism court (ATC),  Express News  reported on Monday. The Supreme Court upheld the Sindh High Court (SHC) decision. Last year, on December 25, 20-year-old Shahzeb Khan was gunned down by Shahrukh Jatoi, who was accompanied by his friends, Siraj and Sajjad Talpur. The young men had a fight after the Talpur’s servant, Ghulam Murtaza Lashari, teased Shahzeb’s sister. The SHC was expected to take up for hearing the appeals filed by four convicts in the murder case along with the compromise application filed by the victim’s family on September 20. On September 17, the court’s bench had removed the primary objections raised on the compromise application filed by the parents and the two sisters of the vi...