Couple gets life term for killing woman

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NAWABSHAH: The Naushahro Feroze Model Criminal Trial Court on Monday sentenced a couple to life imprisonment after it found them guilty of murdering a woman.

Judge Nazakat Ali convicted Mohammad Panah and his wife Shahnaz alias Shana of murdering Ms Nusrat. In addition to life term, the convict Panah would undergo an additional 10 years in jail under Section 324 of PPC, and the couple would pay a penalty of Rs50,000 each, said the order.

The court also directed Panah to pay Rs1 million to the children of the murdered woman.

The convict had killed Ms Nusrat, mother of five children, on April 22, 2017, according to the FIR lodged by the victim’s brother Mohammad Ramzan.

Published in Dawn, April 10th, 2024

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