Man gets life sentence for acid attack.

PESHAWAR -- A local court on Thursday convicted a man of acid attack against a woman and her brother and awarded life imprisonment to him.

The convict was also ordered by additional district and sessions judge Syed Arif Shah to pay Rs2 million compensation to the two injured in the attack.

The gender-based violence court declared that the prosecution proved its case against the accused, Farhad, a resident of Afghan Colony, Peshawar, while the evidence on record also connected him with the commission of the offence.

The FIR of the acid attack was registered at the Pahari Pura police station on July 1, 2021.

Victim of the attack Sidra, who was the complainant in the FIR, claimed that the accused targeted her after she rejected his demand for extramarital affair.

She said the accused threw acid on her and her brother, Shehzad Nasir, when the latter were travelling in a car.

The woman said the attack caused severe burn injuries to her and her brother.

Sahibzada Inamur Rehman was the lawyer for the complainant, while assistant public prosecutor Danish Murad represented the state in the case.

They contended that the two injured people had testified against the accused leaving no doubt about his...