Shahzeb Khan’s family pardons son’s murderers

KARACHI: The family of Shahzeb Khan has pardoned Shahrukh Jatoi and three others accused of his murder.

The Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) had awarded death sentences to Shahrukh Jatoi and Siraj Talpur while two others had been sentenced to life imprisonment. Shahrukh Jatoi had filed an appeal in the Sindh High Court (SHC) against the sentence.

According to Shahzeb’s family sources, his father DSP Aurangzeb Khan and other family members filed an application in the SHC saying that they had pardoned the murders.

Family sources claimed that the murderers were pardoned ‘In the name of Allah’

Dean Faculty of Islamic Studies at the Karachi University, Dr Shakil Auj while speaking to Geo News said that the punishment for premeditated murder is murder, but if some is murdered accidentally the issue can be resolved via Diyat.