Court awards death sentence in a murder case

District

RAWALPINDI:The Additional and Sessions Judge Farhanda Arshad Awan on Wednesday awarded the death sentence to an accused in a murder case.

The accused, Zulifqar, had killed his nephew Ahmed Nisar and injured his brother Nisar over a family dispute in the area of the Police station Rawat in 2020.

After recording evidence from the witnesses and final arguments by the defence and prosecution, the court also imposed a fine of Rs 500,000 on him on charges of murder.

The convict will also have to spend six years in prison and pay a fine of Rs 30,000 on charges of injuring his brother.