 Three men convicted of assaulting a housewife in Rahim Yar Khan's Thalli Mataman village in 1998 were hanged at Bahawalpur Central Jail on Thursday. "The men, Pervez Akhtar, Muhammad Sabir and Muhammad Aslam, were hanged till death at 5:00am in the presence of a local magistrate and doctor," Jail Superintendent Munir Ahmed Kahloon told Daily Times. According to the prosecution, four people including Pervez, Sabir, Aslam and Waseem jumped into the house of Ghulam Muhammad and took the family including Tasleem (Ghulam Muhammad's wife) and Yousaf (Ghulam Muhammad's eight-year-old son) hostage. The men then tied up Tasleem and assaulted her. They also made off with Rs 3,725, a watch and a bicycle. A court in Bahawalpur headed by Bakhtiar Ali Siyal awarded the death sentence, 10 years rigorous imprisonment and a Rs 5,000 fine to Pervez, Sabir and Aslam while Waseem was acquitted. The Lahore High Court's Bahawalpur Bench upheld the court's judgement and rejected the appeals of the accused. Later, the Supreme Court also rejected their appeals and the Pakistani president turned down their clemency pleas. The Home Department then issued their black warrants. |