[DAWN] An anti-terrorism court here on Thursday convicted two doctors and awarded them death sentence for kidnapping their doctor friend for ransom and subsequently stabbing him to death."What... what's that in your hand?"
"A scalpel!"
"It looks like a Bowie knife! It's a foot long!"
"It's a Bowie scalpel!"
ATC judge Sabir Khan pronounced that the prosecution had proved its case against the two accused persons named Dr Ahmad Ali and Dr Haseeb Anwer and the evidence on record connected them with the commission of the offence. A third accused in the case, Habibur Rehman, was also convicted and was sentenced to seven years rigorous imprisonment.
"Aaaiiieee! What are you doing!"
"Taking your appendix out!"
"It's already out! And it was a foot lower than that!"
Senior advocate Syed Abdul Fayyaz appeared for the complainant Mohammad Ashfaq, father of the dear departed Dr Salman Shahzad, and contended that there was incontrovertible evidence against the accused persons. He contended that the accused had kidnapped Dr Shahzad and killed him in a brutal manner. He stated that the dear departed was a doctor at the Children Hospital Danishabad, Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire., and had left home in the afternoon of Dec 20, 2015, stating that he was going to attend a feast arranged by his friend Dr Ahmad Ali.
"Hi, ya'll! I'm here for the feast?"
Syed Fayyaz stated that the dear departed had not returned and his family had received a call from accused persons demanding a ransom of Rs10 million for his release. He added that the caller had threatened that they should not disclose it to anyone otherwise Dr Shahzad would be killed.
"Aaaiiieee! I am undone!"