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Sectarian killer gets death penalty in Pakistan
Karachi, Apr 11: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court today ordered a man to be hanged to death for multiple sectarian murders, court officials said.
Karachi, Apr 11: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court
today ordered a man to be hanged to death for multiple
sectarian murders, court officials said.
Mohammad Faisal Pehlwan was found guilty of murdering Saleem Qadri, leader of the fundamentalist Sunni Tehreek group, and four others in may 2001, public prosecutor Abdul Waheed Khan said.
In addition to the death penalty, the convicted was fined 3017 dollars, Khan said. Police said Pehlwan was a member of the Sipah-e-Sahaba of Pakistan (SSP), a group outlawed by President Pervez Musharraf in January last year for its involvement in sectarian violence between rival Sunni and Shitte communities.
Qadri and four others were killed in this volatile southern city of Karachi in an ambush while they were going to a mosque for Friday prayers. Three people were injured in the attack. Defence lawyer Ashraf Mughal denounced the verdict and said Pehlwan was innocent and had nothing do with the murders. "I will challenge the verdict before a superior court."
Bureau Report
In addition to the death penalty, the convicted was fined 3017 dollars, Khan said. Police said Pehlwan was a member of the Sipah-e-Sahaba of Pakistan (SSP), a group outlawed by President Pervez Musharraf in January last year for its involvement in sectarian violence between rival Sunni and Shitte communities.
Qadri and four others were killed in this volatile southern city of Karachi in an ambush while they were going to a mosque for Friday prayers. Three people were injured in the attack. Defence lawyer Ashraf Mughal denounced the verdict and said Pehlwan was innocent and had nothing do with the murders. "I will challenge the verdict before a superior court."
Bureau Report