Four convicted

HYDERABAD: A model criminal trial court convicted three brothers, Rasheed Khoso, Siddiq Khoso and Ishaq Khoso, on Tuesday with the death penalty in a double murder case of a man and a woman. A fourth convict, Ghulam Qadir Khoso, was sentenced to life imprisonment. The brothers had killed Ghulam Shabbir Khoso, 25, and Saiqa Khoso, 18, in January, 2015. The incident’s FIR was registered at Pabban Police Station on the complaint of Abdul Sami Khoso, the brother of Ghulam Shabbir who was axed to death. The convicts had strangulated Saiqa, who was the wife of Rasheed. The convicts killed them for honour.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 29^th, 2019.