Man sentenced to death for murdering his US national ex-wife

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RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi court has awarded death sentence to prime accused and former husband of Pakistani British woman Wajih Swati in her wife murder case. The court has sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment and fined Rs 100000. The court also sentenced former father in law Hurriyat Ullah of victim lady and servant Sultan to 7 years in prison and fined Rs 100000.for abusing the dead body. The accused Rashid and Zahida have been acquitted for want of evidence. 4 senior officials of the US embassy FBI team were also present in the court when the decision was announced. They termed the court decision the best. The accused Rizwan Habib had called his former wife Wajih Swati in Pakistan on the pretext of settlement of property case valuing billion of rupees and murdered her. Our Correspondent