Lahore, Oct 23 (PTI) In a case of honour killing, a Pakistani court has sentenced a 21-year-old man to death for murdering his mother and three sisters, a court official said on Thursday.

The gruesome incident took place in Kabirwala, around 290 km from Lahore, in June last year.

“Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Baloch (Kabirwala) awarded a death sentence to Muhammad Abbas, 21, on four counts in light of evidence against him", said the court official.

“The suspect had also confessed to having killed his mother and three sisters for disgracing the family honour," he added.

According to the prosecution, Abbas shot and killed his three sisters while they were working on the farmland. He later returned home and killed his mother.

Investigators said Abbas had doubts a

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