Search for mobile phones in Sargodha jail turns into riots
Jail officials said criminals Yaqoob, Ghulam Rasool and Imran had gunned down four people, including Arsalan, Shahid, Muqadas Bibi and Kulsoom Bibi on resistance during a robbery attempt in Dewal Village, Bhalwal Tehsil on February 29, 2008.
An anti-terrorism court in Sargodha sentenced to death all the three convicts. District and Sessions Judge Sohail Ikram issued their black warrants after the president rejected their appeal for mercy.
Terrorism case: Man awarded 35-year jail term by ATC
Earlier, three more death row prisoners were hanged in the Attock, Mianwali and Jhang prisons. Death row convict Sultan, who had killed his wife in 2007 over a family dispute, was executed in District Jail, Attock, while Ghulam Gilani, who was convicted for killing his two nephews in 2004, was hanged to death at District Jail, Mianwali.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 12th, 2017.
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