TAXILA: A court in Taxila on January 29 sentenced two persons involved in the murder of a newborn baby girl to a combined 34 years of imprisonment along with fines amounting to Rs80,000.
According to the verdict, the prime accused Zulfiqar was awarded 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment for murder, five years’ and a fine of Rs10,000 under Section 496-B, and two years’ imprisonment with a fine of Rs30,000 under Sections 109 and 329 of the PPC.
Similarly, the co-accused Areeba was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment for murder, five years’ imprisonment and a fine of Rs10,000 under Section 496-B, and two years’ imprisonment with a fine of Rs30,000 under Section 329.
The prosecution stated that the convicts had thrown the newborn baby into a vacant plot immediately after her birth.
The infant was later found by police in a critically injured condition and shifted to hospital for medical treatment where she died.
The case was registered in February 2023 at Saddar Wah Police Station.
Published in Dawn, January 30th, 2026.
