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Court Verdict: Drug trafficker sentenced to death

Shabbir has been handed down death sentence while the Shafi received the life term

Our Correspondent February 20, 2016

court verdict drug trafficker sentenced to death

Court Verdict: Drug trafficker sentenced to death

RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday awarded death sentence to a convict and life term to another in a 661 kg hashish trafficking case. ATC judge Chuadhary Anwaar Ahmed also imposed a fine of Rs200,000 each on Muhammad Shabbir and Muhammad Shafi, the convicts. Shabbir has been handed down death sentence while the Shafi received the life term. They will have to serve two additional years in jail if they fail to pay the fine.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 21^st, 2016.

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