The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday wrapped up the suo motu case on Amal Umar’s death and ordered the Sindh government to pay Rs500,000 to the child’s family while also donating an additional Rs500,000 to the Rah-e-Amal Trust established by the victim’s parents.
A three-judge Supreme Court bench being headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed and comprising Justice Ijazul Ahsan and Justice Sajjad Ali Shah was hearing a suo motu case regarding 10-year-old Amal’s death. The Sindh government had initially offered to pay Rs500,000 as compensation to Amal’s parents, but the top court ordered the authorities to pay an additional amount of Rs500,000 to the trust established in the deceased’s name.
“The amount of the compensation money needs to be reasonable,” the chief justice observed, despite Sindh Additional Advocate General Sibtain Mahmood’s argument that there were no legal provisions for the government to grant such a huge compensation.“This is the highest ever compensation money being paid to the victim family on the orders of the apex court,” Faisal Siddiqui, counsel for Amal’s parents, told Dawn. The court also ruled that the parents of the deceased will be entitled to seek further compensation or remedy for the negligence on part of the police in accordance with the law. Source dawn.com
Saturday, May 9, 2026
