Sialkot case verdict

After a long wait of 401 days, the heirs of innocent youngsters Muneeb and Mughees got a sigh of relief from an Anti terror court on Tuesday night.

It was August 15 2010 when a mob in presence of police personnel killed two Hafiz e Quran brothers while severely torturing them and later dragging the dead bodies after tying them after a vehicle.

This incident not only had resulted in great shame for Pakistan but also destroyed our peaceful image in world. Courts had taken a notice of this incident and Supreme Court had referred the case to anti terrorism court.

Many people in our media had termed this incident as death of Sialkot but it has been reversed after 401 long days of wait. We all have to wait for more than a year to get justice for the family of two innocent brothers.

The verdict of sentencing seven persons to death, six to life in prison and three to 3 years of prison each is the eventual victory of justice over atrocities.

This is also being termed as a victory of our judicial system and it indicates justice has started to roll on its own and we media and civil society would have to support independent courts for a just society in Pakistan and for the sake of democracy to take roots in Pakistan.

Sialkot case verdict