MULTAN: The Multan No 2 Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Friday sentenced one of the key accused in the Rasheedabd car bomb case to a 40-count death sentence, 10-year imprisonment and a total fine of Rs 24.1 million, including compensation for the victims' families. Public prosecutor Mahar Najaf Ali Mahay told APP that ATC-2 Judge Chaudhry Ameer Muhammad Khan had announced the sentencing in the presence of the defendant, Syed Irfan Ali. Irfan was involved in the car bomb blast that killed 40 people and wounded 76 others in Multan on the morning of October 7, 2004. |