PAKISTAN. DEATH PENALTY AWARDED TO 16 CONVICTS IN JACOBABAD

a District and Sessions Court in Jacobabad, Pakistan, sentenced to death 16 people under the Terrorist Act for killing 11 members of the same family in 1993 after setting ablaze their house in a village in Kashmore. The convicts sentenced to death included: Shahbaz Domki, Bakhat Ali Domki, Chanesar Domki, Ghulam Rasool, Muhammad Alam, Jungle Khan, Israr Ahmed, Rasool Bux, Kalu Khan, Sodho Khan, Malang, Kathor Domki and Tahir Domki. Shah Bux Domki, Tahir Domki and Thhallo Domki died in jail but were reportedly also sentenced to capital punishment.