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GUJRANWALA City News

By our correspondents
February 26, 2016

Rape convict executed

From Our Correspondent

GUJRANWALA: A rape convict was executed at the Central Jail on Thursday morning.

Arshad had raped a girl in 1998 and was awarded death sentence by an anti-terrorism court in 2000. His appeals were rejected by the Lahore High Court and the Supreme Court and his mercy petition was also rejected by the President.

MAN DIES: A man died of overdrinking at Rana Colony, Gujranwala on Thursday. Shahzad, 45, allegedly overdrank and fell unconscious. He was rushed to DHQ hospital where he died.