Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has praised Pakistan’s judiciary after the Lahore High Court upheld death sentences in the 2020 motorway gang-rape case. The reaction matters because it has drawn international attention to one of Pakistan’s most significant criminal cases. The ruling affects the convicted men, the victim’s pursuit of justice, and public confidence in the […]
motorway gang-rape case
LHC upholds death sentences in motorway gang-rape case
A Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench on Wednesday dismissed appeals filed by the two men convicted in the 2020 Sialkot-Lahore Motorway gang rape case against their sentences. An anti-terrorism court had handed down death sentences besides life imprisonment and multiple jail terms to the two convicts, Abid Ali alias Malhi and Shafqat Ali alias […]