TAXILA: A man was convicted by a local court in Attock of murdering a man over an old enmity in Lalazar Colony in the jurisdiction of Attock police station.

Sessions Judge Sardar Mohammad Akram Khan sentenced Mohammad Zohaib to life imprisonment and imposed a fine amounting to Rs500,000 on him.

According to the first information report (FIR) registered under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), Zohaib shot dead a man identified as Abdul Qayyum on June 15, 2018.

During proceedings, the prosecution contended that substantial evidence was available on record which established involvement of Zohaib in the cold-blooded murder.

Intruder rapes woman

A woman was allegedly filmed while being sexually assaulted by a man in the jurisdiction of Wah Cantonment police station on Wednesday.

The victim reported to police that her husband had gone to Attock for some work when an unidentified masked man entered her house and began to threaten her minor children with a knife.

Later, he raped her after tying a rope around her. She added in her first investigation report (FIR) that the man also filmed her during the assault. The suspect then escaped from the scene with cash and a mobile phone.

Police registered a case against the unknown suspect after medical examination of the victim at Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital in which the assault was confirmed.

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2021