PAKISTAN. LOCAL LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an anti-terrorism court in eastern Punjab province, Pakistan, sentenced to death Naveed Akhtar, local leader of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group, after finding him guilty of killing a Shia leader and his son.
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an anti-terrorism court in eastern Punjab province, Pakistan, sentenced to death Naveed Akhtar, local leader of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group, after finding him guilty of killing a Shia leader and his son. The prosecution said Naveed killed two Shia leaders in the city of Sahiwal in July 1997. The court acquitted six others accused in the same case for lack of evidence against them.
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- (Sources: Xinhua, 04/04/2006)
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