Convicted: Death penalty awarded to constable’s killer

FAISALABAD: An anti-terrorism court on Friday sentenced a man convicted of killing a constable to death on two counts.

Prosecution said Javaid Iqbal and his accomplices Shahid, Umar Hayat and Zafar Iqbal had shot dead a police constable, Muneer Ahmad, during a robbery on September 9, 2013. They said the constable had tried to stop them from robbing a house.

After examining the evidence and hearing witnesses, the judge sentenced Iqbal to death under Sections 302-B of Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Section 7 of the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).

He was ordered to pay Rs500,000 compensation to the heirs the deceased and fined Rs500,000.

His accomplices were acquitted due to lack of substantial evidence.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 1^st, 2015.