LAHORE – In a visible progress regarding the anti-child abuse drive, an anti-terrorism court on Friday issued death warrants for Imran who was convicted for the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Kasur area of Punjab.
Imran, who was awarded 21 death sentences in the case, will be executed on October 17 at Central Jail in Lahore.
Seven-year-old Zainab was kidnapped from near her aunt’s house in Kasur on January 4 and was found dead in a garbage heap five days later.
On January 23, the authorities claimed to have nabbed Imran, a serial killer involved in other such crimes, through a DNA match.
On February 17, the anti-terrorism court (ATC) hearing the high-profile case sentenced Imran to death four times.
Ali was found guilty under sections 364-A (kidnapping or abducting a person under the age of fourteen), 376 (3) (rape of minor), 302-B (punishment for qatl-i-amd) of the Pakistan Penal Code and section 7(a) (punishment for acts of terrorism) of the Anti-terrorism Act, 1997.
The accused was sentenced to death on a total of 12 counts (4 counts for each victim), fined Rs6 million (Rs2m per victim) and ordered to pay Rs3m (Rs1m per victim) as compensation to the victims’ families.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/justiceforzainab-atc-to-announce-verdict-in-kasur-rape-murder-case-today/
Appealing against the ATC verdict, Imran claimed innocence before the Lahore High Court and pleaded for the verdict to be declared null and void.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/lhc-rejects-appeal-of-convict-imran-ali-in-zainab-murder-case/
The Supreme Court’s Lahore Registry on June 12 dismissed Imran’s appeal against the death sentence handed to him for raping and murdering the minor girl.
