WASHINGTON: Elon Musk praised Pakistan’s judicial system after the Lahore High Court (LHC) upheld the death sentences of two men convicted in the motorway gang-rape case and rejected their appeals.
In a post on the microblogging site X, formerly Twitter, Musk expressed his wish for a similar justice system in Western countries. “Bravo, Pakistan! This is what we should be doing in the West.”
He posted comments after the LHC’s Wednesday ruling in which the court decided to maintain the previous verdict that had awarded death sentences to Abid Malhi and Shafqat Baga in the high-profile motorway gang-rape case, dismissing their appeals against the anti-terrorism court’s verdict. A two-member bench comprising Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi and Justice Tariq Mahmood Bajwa announced the verdict after hearing arguments from both sides. The court upheld the death sentences imposed by the ATC and all other sentences handed down to the convicts.
Punjab Prosecutor General Farhad Ali Shah, at a press conference, said that it was a challenge for the state to bring the case to its logical conclusion and that the Prosecutor Department had played a vital role in securing the accused’s punishment.
