Man who killed boss for blasphemy gets death penalty

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has issued a death sentence to a former security guard who last year shot and killed his bank’s manager after accusing

him of insulting Islam’s Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH), a lawyer said Thursday, reported foreign media.

Ahmad Nawaz has the right to appeal. The ruling, a day earlier in the district of Khushab in the eastern Punjab province, also sentenced him to two years in prison for assaulting police duringhis arrest, according to prosecution lawyer Mian Rizwan. Nawaz was arrested in November 2020 after opening fire on his bank’s manager, Malik Imran Hanif, in the Khushab district. Hanif’s family at the time denied the allegation. Later, police concluded that Nawaz had a personal feud with the bank manager.