Sialkot jail incident: two convicted

Published December 24, 2006

GUJRANWALA, Dec 23: An anti-terrorism court has sentenced assistant superintendent jail Raja Mushtaq Ahmad and head warden Abdul Hafiz to a jail term of 35 years and six months.

Finding the two guilty in the Sialkot jail incident in which four judges had been killed on July 25, 2003, the court also imposed a fine of Rs11,500 on each, here on Saturday. The court of Judge Mujahid Mustaqim Ahmad acquitted 20 others, accused in the case.

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