Pakistan, Oct. 30 -- The Lahore High Court (LHC) has reduced the life imprisonment awarded to Shagufta Parveen, convicted of killing her two minor sons, to 10 years, while upholding her conviction and rejecting her plea for acquittal. Justice Muhammad Amjad Rafiq announced the 20-page judgment on her appeal, examining the evidence, legal and religious principles governing Qisas, the convict's mental state and the circumstances surrounding the killings.

The court held that the prosecution had established Parveen's involvement in the killings of her three-year-old son, Abdul Hadi, and nine-month-old son, Abdul Rahim. Her confession, DNA evidence, medical reports and other forensic evidence, including findings related to a knife, connected ...