The Lahore High Court (LHC) converted the death sentence of two convicted murderers into life imprisonment on Friday.
Convicts Yaqoob and Abrar were handed death sentence for murdering five people in Faisalabad and Mianwali in 2013.
A divisional bench of the LHC heard the case on Friday. Yaqoob and Abrar’s lawyer told the court that his clients were innocent and pleaded for their acquittal.
The bench, however, changed their death sentences to life-imprisonment. The defence lawyer said that his clients have already served their life terms and will file a petition for their release.
