Pakistan : Terrorist Wahabi Islamic Rep Pakistan 6

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Moreover, Ayesha, the sister of Shumaila Kanwal, the wife of victim Faheem Ahmed, said “we are not aware of any such settlement and we did not opt for any…we want justice.”



“They confined us in the jail for four hours and did not allow us to take part in the court proceedings. We were not allowed to leave the prison,” one of the lawyers, Asad Manzoor Butt, told AFP.



Butt said the families of the men had agreed with authorities to accept blood money over the deaths the previous night.



Another laywer for the families, Nauman Atiq, confirmed that the lawyers had been held at the court and told not to speak to media.



Blood money, or “diyya” is a provision under Islamic sharia law in which compensation can be paid to relatives of those killed to secure a pardon, and is commonly used to resolve such cases in Pakistan.