PAKISTAN: TWO BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE

July 12, 2021:

A Dunyapur court on 5 July 2021 sentenced to death the two brothers involved in a double murder case in Lodhran.
The accused shot dead their political opponents while they were celebrating in front of their house on the day of the general elections in 2018.
Dunyapur Additional District and Sessions Judge Asif Sial, while concluding the hearing of the murder case of Saddar police station, sentenced the brothers Irfan and Shaukat to death and each of their two accomplices to three years imprisonment.
According to the prosecution, the victims, 14-year-old Osama and his 17-year-old brother Afaq Shabbir Ahmed were attacked while celebrating their election victory in front of their house on the night of 25 July 2018.
Dunyapur sadder police presented the murder case challan in the court. The proceedings continued for about three years.