An anti-terrorism court (ATC) convicted Sheikh Nawaz Akram – brother of MNA Sheikh Waqas Akram – along with eight of his bodyguards on charges of resorting to firing, creating panic and terror in Kotwali police precincts in Jhang district.
According to the prosecution, Nawaz had a dispute with his cousins Sheikh Zafar Iqbal over a transport terminal.
Nawaz and his bodyguards resorted to indiscriminate firing and injured Ali Raza, Zafar’s party member on August 18, 2010. Police registered a case against Nawaz and his guards.
