Kasur rape: Pak SC upholds death sentence for killer

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed an appeal by convict Imran Ali challenging the death sentence given to him by an anti-terrorism court for the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Kasur earlier this year. A bench headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa dismissed the review petition during a hearing at the apex court’s Lahore Registry. Speaking to the media after the verdict, the victim’s father thanked the Supreme Court, the Joint Investigation Team and the prosecution for maintaining the earlier ruling. He reiterated his earlier demand for the public hanging of the convict. HTC