4 held for murder of Pak CJ's aide
Syed Hamad Raza, a deputy registrar at the Supreme Court and personal assistant to suspended chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, was killed by gunmen who broke into his house on May 14 in Islamabad.
The 37-year-old's family described the shooting as a targeted assassination and lawyers for Chaudhry had said he was eliminated because of his connections with the chief justice.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "Four men were apprehended in Pakistani Kashmir a few days ago. They have confessed to the murder," one police source told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"During preliminary interrogation the suspects said they went to the house for a robbery and shot at the victim after he tried to close the door on them," the source said.
Raza was brought by Chaudhry to the Supreme Court from a position in southwestern Baluchistan province in 2005.