A man was sentenced to 14 years in prison on Saturday for throwing acid on his sister in Karachi’s Manzoor Colony.
Additional Sessions Judge South/Gender-Based Violence Court announced the verdict, imposing a fine of Rs1 million on Muhammad Ramzan.
The court found Ramzan guilty of the 2022 attack, in which he threw acid on his sister and stabbed her two sons when they attempted to intervene.
The judge also ordered him to pay Rs50,000 in compensation to his sister. Additionally, the court handed down two separate four-year prison terms for injuring his nephews with a knife, along with a compensation payment of Rs400,000.
According to the prosecution, Muhammad Ramzan had chased his sister and attacked her outside her house. When her sons tried to protect her, Ramzan stabbed them both.
