LAHORE, June 12 (TNS): In a major development, the top court of the country on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by filed by convict Imran Ali challenging the death sentence handed to him by an anti-terrorism court for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl Zainab earlier this year.
A bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa dismissed the review petition against the sentence handed to Imran for Zainab’s rape and murder at the apex court’s Lahore Registry.
Speaking to the media after the apex court’s decision, Zainab’s father thanked the apex court, the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and the prosecution for maintaining the verdict. He also reiterated his earlier demande for the public hanging of the convict.
Earlier, the Lahore High Court (LHC) had also dismissed the convict’s appeal challenging the capital punishment.
On February 17, an ATC had sentenced Imran to death on four counts with a cumulative punishment of 32-years in prison and a Rs3.1 million fine for raping and killing the minor.
