PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High C
ourt (PHC) has delayed the death sentence of the perpetrator resp
onsible for the murder of Amjad Sabri.
The perpetrator has been given a death sentence in
a military court. The perpetrator’s mother Sidiqa Bibi had challenged the decision in the PHC. She claimed in the hearing today that her son was awarded a death sentence without a trial or p
roof.
After the hearing of the appeal filed by Siddiqa Bibi, the three member bench of the c
ourt delayed the death sentence and ha
s ordered the Interior Ministry to submit its response regarding the case by 12th September.
The perpetrator has been given a death sentence by
a military c
ourt on 2nd April, however, the PHC delayed the death sentence which was scheduled on 12th April.
Amjad Sabri was killed on 22 June, 2016 on his way to a television show for the Ramzan transmission segment. He was stalled by a motorcyclist and was shot dead in Liaquatbad, Karachi.
