Family dispute: Man sentenced to death for killing sister

SUKKUR:

The Ghotki district and sessions court awarded on Monday death penalty to an accused for killing his sister over a matrimonial dispute in 2012.

Ghotki third additional sessions judge Shafi Muhammad Pirzada announced on Monday the verdict of the murder case and awarded death penalty to the accused, Mushtaq Naseerani, for murdering his sister. The court also imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on the accused and acquitted six other suspects due to lack of evidence against them.

Muhstaq's 10-year-old sister Bhagul was engaged to a close relative when she was born. As she grew older, the relatives started pressurising the family to get her married. However, the girl's brother and mother refused to marry her due to some family dispute. Out of fear that the other party might involve tribal elders or kidnap the girl, Mushtaq killed his sister. The case was registered with the Mirpur Mathelo Police.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 11^th, 2015.