PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH PENALTY IN KIDNAPPING AND KILLING CASE

an Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced to death a man and awarded life imprisonment to a co-defendant woman after finding them guilty of kidnapping a businessman for ransom and later killing him. M Sohail, 21, and Ms. Zainab, 21, were prosecuted for kidnapping and killing Mohammad Naveed, a businessman of chemicals, on September 3, 2007. According to the prosecution, the accused kidnapped the man from City Courts and demanded Rs8 million in ransom from his family members. Police said that the accused killed the man after not receiving the ransom and threw his body in the Malir area. The court observed that the prosecution has proved its case against the defendants beyond any reasonable doubt and also awarded five years imprisonment to both accused for creating terrorism in society.