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| | SHC upholds lower court verdict: Honour killing -DAWN - National; March 29, 2002 |
 | | SUKKUR, March 28: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur bench, upheld the decision of the session judge, Shikarpur, who had awarded life imprisonment and Rs100,000 fine to a convict of double murder over Karo-kari, here on Thursday. |
 | | Justice Ghulam Nabi Soomro of the SHC in his remarks said the verdict of the Shikarpur judge could not be curtailed as there was no legal flaw in it. |
 | | Bashir Ahmed had killed his wife, Rashida, and her alleged paramour, Sher Mohammad, in 1993 and later adopted a plea that he had killed them in a fit of rage and an emotional condition for the sake of honour. |
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