Murder and abduction: Death sentence awarded to convict

Fines of Rs200,000 for murder and Rs50,000 for abduction also imposed.

LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Muhammad Tariq Javed on Friday sentenced a man to death. He also awarded him life imprisonment for abducting and murdering a man. The convict, Mujahid Anwar, had asked Shehzad Malik to pay him Rs125,000 that Malik owed him. Anwar and his accomplice, Nadeem, abducted Malik from Mola Bux Chowk on March 15, 2007. Malik’s brother Asif filed a complaint against Anwar with the Lower Mall police. Police arrested Anwar police said confessed to killing Malik.  After hearing detailed arguments, Judge Javed awarded Anwar death penalty and imposed fines of Rs200,000 for murder and Rs50,000 for abduction.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 16^th, 2013.