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QUETTA: An additional district and sessions court on Saturday sentenced the father and maternal uncle of 14-year-old Pakistani-American girl Hira Anwar to life imprisonment for her murder.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Shahid Javed announced the verdict after completing the trial and hearing arguments from both sides.
According to the judgement, the court convicted Hira’s father, Anwar-ul-Haq Rajput, and her maternal uncle, Muhammad Tayyab Bhatti, and sentenced both men to life imprisonment. The court also imposed a fine of Rs200,000 on each convict.
According to the prosecution, the two men shot and killed Hira on Jan 27, 2025, in Quetta’s Balochi Street area. The case was investigated by the Serious Crime Investigation Wing.
