KARACHI: A district and sessions court of south on Friday sentenced a man to death for killing his maternal cousin. Shahid Hussain was found guilty of murdering Mussarrat Hussain, a customs official, on April 2012 in a domestic quarrel within the remit of the Frere police station.
The judge also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs1 million to the victim’s legal heirs.
A co-accused, Shamoon, was, however, acquitted by the court as the prosecution could not establish its case against him.
Published in Dawn, October 1st, 2016
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