Prosecution demands death for Sharif

ISLAMABAD, MARCH 20. The prosecution today demanded the maximum punishment of death penalty for the deposed Pakistani Prime Minister, Mr. Nawaz Sharif, his brother, Mr. Shahbaz Sharif, and five others in the plane hijacking case.

The Chief Prosecutor and Advocate-General, Mr. Sindh Raja Qureshi, told the Karachi anti-terrorism court judge, Mr. Rehmat Hussain Jaffrey, that ``the maximum punishment'' should be awarded to all the accused in the case.

The prosecution began its final arguments on Monday after a week's delay following the refusal of Sharif's lawyers to participate in the trial in Karachi because of the killing of the their colleague, Iqbal Raad. They (prosecution) have two days more to wrap up the arguments.

Mr. Qureshi read out excerpts from the testimony of several witnesses to argue that Mr. Sharif and the co-defendants had taken control of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight from Colombo endangering the lives of the Army Chief, General Pervez Musharraf, and the 198 passengers on board.

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