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Pakistan: Acid attacker awarded death penalty


The ATC judge awarded death sentence on 2 counts to Zulfiqar. 

Anti Terrorism Court (ACT) Judge Ishtiaq Ahmad awarded death penalty on Friday to man convicted of attacking a woman with acid and killing her near Mansoorabad police station. 

Prosecution said 30-year-old woman Ayesha Zafar, a divorcee, was going on a motorbike with her nephew Zunair Sajid, 14, on June 10 when Waqas Zulfiqar, a property dealer, threw acid on her. 

The woman and her nephew were injured and taken to a hospital. Later, they were referred to Allied Hospital where the woman succumbed. 

The ATC judge awarded death sentence on 2 counts to Zulfiqar. The convict was also directed to pay Rs400,000 compensation or undergo imprisonment of 1.5 years. He was also fined Rs1 million. 

Source: The Express Tribune, July 26, 2014

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