LAHORE, Pakistan — Two Muslim seminarians in Pakistan’s Punjab province were found guilty March 3 of murdering a Pakistani Christian, who died in 2004 after being tortured to convert to Islam.
Before a courtroom packed with Islamic students and police, Judge Javed Iqbal Warraich sentenced Maulvi Ghulam Rasool and Mohammed Tayyab to 25 years in prison for their part in torturing and killing Catholic university student Javed Anjum.
Prosecution lawyer Khalil Tahir Sindhu told Compass Direct news service that he was pleased with the guilty verdict but that he would appeal for the sentences to be changed to the death penalty.
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