Inspector gets death for killing two lawyers in Daska

E-Paper | March 18, 2026

SIALKOT: An anti-terrorism court handed down death sentence on four counts and 30-year hard jail to a convict police inspector in a murder case of two Daska-based senior lawyers on Thursday.

The court ordered Shahzad Warraich to pay Rs400,000 as financial compensation to the families of the two slain lawyers.

Judge Chaudhry Imtiaz Ahmed awarded death sentence on two counts under section 302 of the PPC and another two counts under 7-ATA to the convict.

According to the prosecution, the convict police inspector had shot dead Daska Bar Association president Rana Khalid Abbas and senior lawyer Muhammad Irfan Chohan in front of the main gate of the Daska City police station on May 25, 2015, when lawyers clashed with tehsil municipal workers over some issue and allegedly abused police when it intervened.

Published in Dawn, January 15th, 2016

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Baaligh

Jan 15, 2016 10:02am

Probably first ever case of police official getting severely punished. But whether he will be executed or not remains a big question.

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M Jamal

Jan 15, 2016 10:27am

Punishment is a deterrent to crime.If justice is provided without delay and irrespective of criminal's status,we Pakistanis will be living in much better world.So punish all criminals without further delay.

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Jan 15, 2016 12:49pm

Hope our police officials learn that they are not above the law. Taking someone's life is the most heinous crime. Some consolation for lawyers families!

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Abdulla Hussain

Jan 15, 2016 06:13pm

Right punishment to actual convicts will bear sweet fruit of justice, well done.

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