UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: BLOOD MONEY PAID IN SHARJAH COURT

eight Indians and two Pakistanis facing the death sentence in a murder case in the United Arab Emirates got a major reprieve as a Sharjah Sharia Court authorised the payment of blood money. Indians Kuldip Singh, Sachin Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Rashwinder Pal, Sukhpal Singh, Hardev Singh, Charanjeet and Amarjeet Singh and Pakistani nationals Mohammad Ansar Chaudhary of Kotli, and Shahid Hussain Ifthreen Rana of Multan will now have their death sentences replaced by much lighter sentences.They were convicted of killing Pakistani Mumtaz Yousaf Mohammad in the brawl in Sharjah in 2009.