PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FATHER
January 17, 2024: A man was sentenced to death in Pakistan on December 29, 2023 after he was found guilty of killing his father with repeated strokes of a scissors on October 26, 2020 in the Langha village, located along the border of Khairpur district. District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Islam-ul-Haq Arain, presiding over Khairpur’s Model Criminal Trial Court, pronounced his judgement after the prosecution and defence lawyers concluded their arguments in the previous hearing. The judge awarded capital punishment to Mohammad Sharif Narejo after finding him guilty of killing his father Dur Mohmmad Narejo for not helping him contract a freewill marriage. (Source: Dawn, 30/12/2023)
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