Banned outfit's hitman sentenced to death for killing three.

KARACHI -- An antiterrorism court has awarded death sentence to a hitman, said to be associated with the banned outfit Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, for killing three people during an attack on a shrine.

Mohammad Ishaq, alias Bobby, was found guilty of shooting to death Zahir Hussain Shah; caretaker of the shrine of Nazar Ali Shah, his friend Mohammad Younus and an employee of the shrine, Mohammad Nawaz, in Korangi on Aug 23, 2014.

The judgement was pronounced by the judge of ATC-XVI.

The judge also ordered the convict to pay Rs200,000 in compensation to the legal heirs of each of the victims. The convict was also ordered to pay Rs200,000 fine to the state.

Furthermore, the judge also awarded 10-year imprisonment to the convict and imposed a fine of Rs50,000 for causing terrorism.

The court also ordered forfeiture of the properties of the convict.

However, all sentences are subject to confirmation or otherwise by the Sindh High Court and would run concurrently.

According to the prosecution, two young boys had visited the shrine and inquired about the shrine's caretaker from an employee, Syed Zahid Hussain, on the day of the incident. Both the men turned up after 10 minutes and opened fire, killing the three people and escaped.

Initially, the investigating officer had filed an A-class report, declaring the accused as unknown or untraceable.

Later, the accused Ishaq, alias Bobby, was arrested in connection with another case and during interrogation he also disclosed his involvement in the triple murder case.

State prosecutors Mohammad Raza...

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