Men who gang-raped French mother at gunpoint in front of her children to be executed.
Abid Malhi and Shafqat Ali will face execution after a Pakistani judge upheld their convictions for gang rape, kidnapping, robbery and terrorism.
06:10, Thu, Jun 4, 2026 Updated: 06:10, Thu, Jun 4, 2026
Two Pakistani men who gang-raped a French woman at gunpoint in front of her three children on a motorway near Lahore have had their death sentences upheld after a judge dismissed their appeals.
Abid Malhi and Shafqat Ali were convicted of gang rape, kidnapping, robbery and terrorism in March 2021 following the attack on 9 September 2020.
On Wednesday, a judge found no grounds to interfere with either conviction, concluding that the case against both men had been proved beyond doubt, and both now face execution.
