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PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING EX-WIFE, HER FATHER
July 21, 2022: A sessions court in Faisalabad awarded death sentence on two counts, life imprisonment to a man for killing his ex-wife and her father in the limits of Madina Town police station.
According to prosecution, convict Shafiq shot dead his ex-wife Kaneez Almas and her father Javaid Akhtar over a domestic dispute on July 18, 2019. Madina Town police had arrested the accused and submitted challan in the court.
Additional District & Sessions Judge Haider Ali pronounced the judgement after recording evidence and final arguments from both sides. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 1,400,000 on the convict.
Madina Town is a residential neighborhood in Faisalabad. (Source: APP, 20/07/2022)
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