Kidnapping for ransom punishment: ATC jails five for life
An Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi imposed the kidnapping for ransom punishment of life terms on five men and ordered Rs1 million compensation each to the victim.
An Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi on Saturday sentenced five men to life imprisonment in a kidnapping-for-ransom case from 2024.
Judge Amjad Ali Shah also ordered forfeiture of the convicts’ properties and Rs1 million compensation each to the abducted man.
Police said 55-year-old Qasim Ishaq was seized outside a Harley Street mosque on 8 May 2024; his family paid more than Rs10 million in ransom.
The case was retried after the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi Bench sent it back for fresh proceedings.