Karachi court gives death, life terms in fake encounter
A model criminal court also gave two Shaheen Force men life terms and ordered Rs500,000 compensation each over the December 2022 Gulistan-i-Jauhar killing.
A Karachi model criminal court sentenced Shaheen Force officer Shahryar to death for shooting 26-year-old Amir Husain in a staged encounter in Gulistan-i-Jauhar.
Co-accused Nasir and Faisal received life imprisonment; all three must pay Rs500,000 each to the victim’s family.
The prosecution said the December 27, 2022 incident began near Aladdin Park during snap-checking and ended with shooting inside a residential complex.
Cases were registered under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code and on terrorism-related charges at Sharae Faisal police station.