Pakistan

Death warrants issued for 7 convicted in Sialkot lynching case

Culprits to be executed on April 8 for the killing of brothers Mughees and Muneeb in 2010

Web Desk April 01, 2015

The culprits are to be executed on April 8. PHOTO: REUTERS

A court in Gujranwala has issued death warrants for seven individuals convicted of killing brothers Mughees and Muneeb in Sialkot in 2010, Express News reported.

The culprits are to be executed on April 8.

On September 20, 2011, Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Gujranwala sentenced seven individuals to death, six to life in prison and all policemen involved in the incident to three year imprisonment.

On August 15, 2010, a mob gathered in broad daylight in Buttran Wali, Sialkot, and lynched Mughees and Muneeb in full view of police officers, who made no attempts to stop the murder.

The bodies of the two brothers were dragged through the streets by the mob, who labelled them robbers. The bodies were then hanged against a water tank. The villagers were about to set the bodies on fire when family members of brothers reached the spot and took them home. Later, no police records were found of Mughees and Muneeb, who were both students.

COMMENTS (32)

Unbreakable | 9 years ago | Reply Justice will not be served until April 8th. Let's wait and see if this newfound sense of urgency in awarding mortal punishments perseveres.

Milind | 9 years ago | Reply Justice delivered to those innocent souls and their family.. Why did Pakistan have to wait for a Peshawar tragedy to act against these beasts?

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ashed | 9 years ago | Reply @raider: This has nothing to do with Raheel sharif, he is subservient to the elected govt, which he clearly demonstrates. You and other pti folk is jealous cause Nawaz Sharif took this excellent step:) U PTI trolls are not fooling any1 but urself

bash gul | 9 years ago | Reply This will serve a notice to all those gullu butts and hooligans who take the law in their hands , but the police officer should also be given a stiffer punishment as a warning to other police officers not to be just bystanders, but take immediate action.

imran | 9 years ago | Reply Can't forget that barbaric act. Justice done. Look at their old father.

raider | 9 years ago | Reply @Adnan Siddiqi: certain class of people of Pakistan they are most educated class where your intention is directed i think,

Arslan | 9 years ago | Reply I will wait for 8th April anxiously.

Lord of the Ring | 9 years ago | Reply That's Great and Justice finally delivered. Same should be the fate of the Christian terrorists who have been treated by Pakistani media as sacred personalities who beat and burned alive two innocent young men in Lahore

tmm | 9 years ago | Reply Where is then DPO Waqar Chauhan? Set an example to send him too to gallows along with. May be he is already here in Canada!

Whiskey Khan | 9 years ago | Reply A taste of their own medicine, Praise be to the Judges. I hope these hangings becomes a deterrent for those who commits such inhuman crimes

awais ahmad | 9 years ago | Reply Glad to see the news, Allah ka shukar. Eagerly waiting for Karachi Jatoi case. I hope he gets what he deserves

Mulana Diesel | 9 years ago | Reply Where is the DPO Sialkot. Hope he will also be punished.

Sana Khan | 9 years ago | Reply Keep up the good work NS and SS. PMLn has certainly done good by commencing hangings of death row criminals. Justice prevails

Jauhar | 9 years ago | Reply @MA: The federal and punjab government are doing a good job. Remember NS enhanced the scope of hangings to include non terrorist criminals as well.

raider | 9 years ago | Reply @ali: keep aloof from politics other wise model town killing plan might surfaced , however thank you raheel Sharif for having had cornered the incompetent ruling elite you are not political i like you

roadkashehzada | 9 years ago | Reply i wish this would have been done earlier. May be this could have saved 2 lynching victims of youhana abad

Adnan Siddiqi | 9 years ago | Reply This ought to deter the mob mentality that been instilled by design in the minds of a certain class of people of Pakistan. A message to all of those who blindly follow opportunistic politicians and destroy state symbols and pillage PTV, big brother is watching and due process of law would apply.

pakistani | 9 years ago | Reply @ali: yes thank you for paying you well to come here and comment.

ed | 9 years ago | Reply I do not recall being this happy over someone's hanging ... atleast in quite a while.... these scums scarred a nation and really terrorized people with the effects of what they did... call me a coward or a hypocrat but this was one of the major incidents that made me go out of Pakistan and try settle abroad... I am still struggling and pray for Pakistan's law and order situation to become better... God knows how much I miss my "matti" and how these and some other demons scarred me away from it.

Vego | 9 years ago | Reply @ babrak khan : Fully endorse your point of view as execution of seven convicts and lessor punishment for the police personnel present at the crime scene seems insufficient.

Syed Abbas Ali Shah | 9 years ago | Reply sigh of relief

Faraz | 9 years ago | Reply I think they were more than seven but still serves them right.

Gul Ji | 9 years ago | Reply Alhumdu Lillah Hey Rab el Aalimeen. I always used to wonder what ever happened to the culprits. If the older gentleman in pic is still alive, I hope he will get some peace and the rest of the family. Indeed that it was horrific.

intellectual.pseudo | 9 years ago | Reply Very heartening to see justice prevail. May Allah give sabr to the family of the two boys to bear this loss... what a sad grandfather he looks in the photo above.

ali | 9 years ago | Reply Thankyou PMLn.

MA | 9 years ago | Reply Question is what were the Punjab govt had been doing since and where were the courts? this action reaffirms faith in military courts for even cynics like me who are against them. Also would like to know if the on duty police inspector has been jailed or not, he should be brought to justice as well for encouraging lunatics to participate in the killings.

zeeshan | 9 years ago | Reply I am glad to hear that. Just must be served

Parvez | 9 years ago | Reply Justice done........ and once the executions take place it can be said that ' justice is seen to have been done. ' which is very important.

Hasan | 9 years ago | Reply At last. Justice is served. May this hinder the trend of lynching people to death which is a common occurance these days

babrak khan | 9 years ago | Reply why 3 years imprisonment for police officers? their job is to protect civilians, not just to stand and be a silent spectator. The police should be removed from their jobs, not suspended, with no pension or provident fund payments and at least 10 years of imprisonment,

Pakistani | 9 years ago | Reply Ya Allah tera shukar hai.. Justice must prevail.. The Justice must be served.. Brings me a lot of peace.. Hope in humanity restored

Abdullah | 9 years ago | Reply Finally. I hope they will be executed on that day and no delaying tactics will be used. Finally the parents will get some relief.

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