Verdic­t will be announ­ced on Februa­ry 17LAHORE: The anti-terrorism court (ATC) hearing the case of the rape and murder of minor Zainab completed its arguments on Thursday and reserved its judgement. Zainab case: Accused confesses to more murdersOn Monday, the ATC indicted Ali and started regular proceedings after the accused refused to accept the charges leveled against him in the challan submitted by the police. ATC judge Sajjad Ahmad also recorded statements of 20 prosecution witnesses during proceedings that lasted 11 hours. According to the police investigation, Ali took Zainab to an under-construction house where he raped and killed her and later threw her body at a dumping site near her house. Zainab was kidnapped from near her aunt’s house in Kasur on January 4.

Source: The Express Tribune February 15, 2018 09:22 UTC