Capital Punishment: Man given double death sentence

LAHORE: A man has been given two death sentences for two murders in a dispute over property in Raiwind in 2009. Additional District and Sessions Judge Arif Hameed Shaikh sentenced M Siddique to death for killing M Sajjad and M Azam. Siddique was also directed to pay Rs100,000 each to the families of the victims, failing which he will have another year of imprisonment added to his sentence. M Shafique, M Shafi and M Tahir were acquitted.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 6^th, 2011.