Court awards death penalty to two in murder case

ATC judge hands down four-year jail term to two accused for possessing explosives.

DERA GHAZI KHAN: A court awarded death sentences to two accused for their involvement in a murder case in Dera Ghazi Khan on Friday.

The judgment was announced by Additional District and Sessions Judge Khizar Hayat.

The prosecution told the court that accused Kashif and Muhammad Usman, residents of Dera Ghazi Khan, had murdered Shabbir Qureshi, an accountant of a private firm, in June 2006 over money matters. The victim had gone to collect money from the accused when they killed him and threw his body in a canal.

However, the police recovered the body and arrested the accused. The police registered a case against the accused and presented the challan before the court. After hearing the arguments, the judge handed down death sentence to Kashif and Usman along with a fine of Rs0.9 million as compensation money. The accused were sent to District Jail Dera Ghazi Khan.

Meanwhile, an anti-terrorism court handed down four year jail imprisonment to two accused for possessing explosives and weapons. ATC Judge Wajahat Hussain Khan announced the verdict.

The prosecution told the court accused Hakim and Asad were arrested by CTD police while huge quantity of weapons and explosives were also confiscated from them.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 1^st, 2017.