A Pakistani anti-terrorism court ordered a man to be...

A Pakistani anti-terrorism court ordered a man to be hanged to death for multiple sectarian murders, court officials said.
Mohammad Faisal Pehlwan was found guilty of murdering Saleem Qadri, leader of the fundamentalist Sunni Tehreek group, and four others in May 2001, public prosecutor Abdul Waheed Khan said.
In addition to the death penalty, the convicted was fined 175,000 rupees, Khan said. Police said Pehlwan was a member of the Sipah-e-Sahaba of Pakistan (SSP), a group outlawed by President Pervez Musharraf in January 2002 for its involvement in sectarian violence between rival Sunni and Shitte communities.
Qadri and four others were killed in Karachi in an ambush while they were going to a mosque for Friday prayers. Three people were injured in the attack.
Defence lawyer Ashraf Mughal denounced the verdict and said Pehlwan was innocent and had nothing to do with the murders. "I will challenge the verdict before a superior court."