Pakistani Teen Gets 100-Year Prison Sentence for PUBG-Linked Family Murders
A Lahore court has sentenced a Pakistani teenager to 100 years in prison for killing four members of his family in a case investigators linked to his obsession with the online game PUBG.
Zain Ali, now 17, was 14 years old when he fatally shot his mother, brother, and two sisters during what authorities described as a violent outburst in 2021.
On Wednesday, Additional Sessions Judge Riaz Ahmed handed Ali four consecutive life terms — 25 years for each victim — instead of the death penalty, citing his young age at the time of the killings.
The case, one of Lahore’s most shocking domestic tragedies in recent years, has reignited debate in Pakistan over the influence of violent video games on young people.
