Thursday, September 30, 2010

Anti-terrorist court sentences six in Turabi murder case

KARACHI: The Anti terrorist court in Karachi concluded the hearing of Allama Hassan Turabi’s murder case on Thursday. Three of the six accused were sentenced to death and the other three were sentenced to life imprisonment.

Allama Hasan Turabi, and his young nephew were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the religious leader’s Gulshan-i-Iqbal residence on July 16, 2006.

The six accused had been charged with masterminding the suicide attack on the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal leader and also with planting a remote-control bomb to kill him.

The anti terrorist court judge, Anand Ram based on the evidence provided to the court ordered death sentences to Amanullah, Muhammad Rehman and Sultan Mahmood.

Life imprisonment was ordered to the remaining three, Ashfaque, Muhammad Akber and Rahim

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