KARACHI: A sessions court has sentenced a man to death in a double murder case.
Additional District and Sessions Judge (South) Abdul Hafeez Lashari, who conducted the trial at the judicial complex inside the central prison, found Nawaz Khursheed guilty of murdering an elderly couple, Jawed Iftikhar and Salma, in their DHA Phase-VI home in 2020 during a robbery.
The judge also sentenced the accused to 10 years in prison under Sections 324 (attempted murder), five years under 392 (punishment for robbery) and seven-year imprisonment under Section 397 (robbery or dacoity, with attempt to cause death or grievous hurt) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC).
The court noted that substantial evidence established that the primary motive for the crime was robbery. The accused, facing “financial desperation” due to unemployment, targeted an elderly couple residing in a bungalow.
