ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan today sentenced a woman to death for the "brutal and gruesome" murder of her husband by throwing acid on him.
The Multan court sentenced Yasmeen to death on two counts while also handing her a life imprisonment sentence after finding her guilty of murdering her husband Muhammad Imran Ashraf.
Judge Malik Khalid Mehmood, in his verdict, said Yasmeen had been found guilty of "the brutal and gruesome murder of her husband".
"The convict sprinkled acid on Muhammad Irfan Ashraf, entailing his death," Dawn News reported, quoting the verdict.
A first information report had been registered against Yasmeen at Ludden Vehari Police Station in Multan on June 23, it said.
Yasmeen was sentenced to death under the Anti-Terrorism Act 1997 and the Pakistan Penal Code. She has also been made liable to pay a fine of Rs 20,000, the report said.
Police have registered a case against a woman who threw acid on his husband for contracting a second marriage.
Earlier, media reports said Yasmeen was upset over her husband's second marriage and had thrown a bucket of acid on him while he was asleep.
Ashraf, who sustained 35 per cent burns on his body, was immediately shifted to the District Headquarters hospital, from where he was shifted to Nishtar Hospital in Multan.
Pakistan lifted its moratorium on the death penalty in 2015.
Since then, a total of 465 prisoners have been executed, according to a report by Justice Project Pakistan released in July.