TOBA TEK SINGH: Kabirwala Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Khan Baloch on October 22, handed down the death sentence and a fine of Rs2 million to a young man on four counts in a murder case.
According to the prosecution, convict Muhammad Abbas (21) of Basti Loharan Wali in the Kabirwala Saddar police area on June 21 went to the farmland outside the locality, where he shot and killed three of his sisters who were working there. He then rushed back to his home and shot dead his mother.
The prosecution said that the convict suspected that all three of his sisters and his mother were of loose character.
Separately, the court awarded five-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs50,000 to one Usman Chawan for abetting the convict.
In another case, three rapists of minor sentenced to 25 years each in prison
Meanwhile, Mian Channu Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Yousaf awarded 25-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs500,000 to each of the three gang rape-cum-murder convicts.
Convicts Riasat Ali, Adeel and Allah Rakha had gang-raped 12-year-old ‘Z’ last year and dumped his body in a pit after killing him.
Published in Dawn, October 23rd, 2025.
