PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
September 18, 2014: A court sentenced a man to death in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan, for murdering a shopkeeper. Three other accused were acquitted by the court. According to the prosecution, Rauf, Maqsood, Shakoor and Waqas had murdered Muhammad Azam Saroya after an argument. They had also injured Saroyaâs two brothers in the scuffle. The court found Rauf guilty and freed the rest by giving them the benefit of the doubt. He was also fined Rs1 million. (Sources: The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2014)
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