Murderer of PAF officer gets death

Published December 15, 2006

LAHORE, Dec 14: A court on Thursday awarded death sentence to two accused for killing a retired Air Force officer and his wife during a robbery. Additional district and sessions judge Saddiquz Zaman handed down the capital punishment to Rashid and Arshad, who had murdered PAF officer Mumtaz Elahi and his wife, Salma Bibi, during a robbery attempt in Ghalib Market in 2003. The court also fined Rs100,000 each to the convicts.

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