PAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT GETS DEATH PENALTY

Additional Sessions Judge Malik Tariq Mehmood awarded the death sentence to an assailant convicted in a murder case of Sadar police precincts in Pakistan. According to the prosecution, the court also imposed a Rs 100,000 fine on Abdul Razaq for killing Amanat Ali over land dispute in Chak 12-EB. However, the court acquitted co-accused Pervez and Moharram, giving them the benefit of the doubt.