Tag: Death Penalty
Pakistan to partially rescind capital punishment
--Foreign minister says Afghan president to visit Pakistan next week
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday said Pakistan was going to revoke the...
Riyadh drops death penalty for woman activist: rights groups
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is no longer seeking the death penalty against woman activist Israa al-Ghomgham, who has been in jail since December 2015, rights...
Pakistan did not vote in favour of death penalty ban, FO...
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal on Tuesday said that all reports conveying the news that Pakistan had voted in favour of a...
ATC awards man death penalty for eight murders
SARGODHA: The Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) awarded death sentence to a man nine times involved in a murder case in Bhalwal police station limits. The...
Malaysia says it will end death penalty for all crimes
KUALA LUMPU: Malaysia's new government said it will abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against...
Bangladesh sets death penalty for drug offences in draft law
DHAKA: Bangladesh's cabinet on Monday approved a draft law prescribing the death penalty for drug offences, despite widespread criticism over a drugs crackdown in...
PTI MPA seeks death penalty for corrupt
LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday tabled a resolution in the Punjab Assembly seeking death penalty for those involved in corruption.
As per the details, PTI...
Trio awarded death sentence over ‘honour killing’
A court in Jauharabad awarded death sentence to three accused on Tuesday for their involvement in a double murder case.
Additional Sessions Judge Ashfaq Ahmed...
Vatican changes teaching to oppose death penalty in all cases
VATICAN CITY: The Roman Catholic Church formally changed its teaching on Thursday to declare the death penalty inadmissible whatever the circumstance, a move that...
Bangladesh arrests cricketer with methamphetamine
CHITTAGONG: One of Bangladesh’s top female cricketers could be jailed for life after being caught with 14,000 methamphetamine pills, police said Sunday.
Nazreen Khan Mukta, who...
India approves death penalty for child rapists
MUMBAI: India’s cabinet on Saturday approved the death penalty for those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years amid outrage in...
ATC gives man death penalty for assaulting, killing minor girl: report
MINGORA: An anti-terrorism court in Malakand division on Wednesday sentenced to death a man on three counts along with a fine of Rs600,000 for...
Zainab’s murder convict loses appeal against death sentence
Court rejects plea of convict’s lawyer to grant time for arguments
Judge says no one should raise objections when court gives justice on time
LAHORE:...
Trump to champion death penalty for drug dealers
WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump on Monday will unveil a controversial call for drug traffickers to face the death penalty as part of...
Death penalty for drug dealers part of stern anti-opioid plan: White...
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump will unveil a plan on Monday to combat the opioid addiction crisis that includes seeking the death penalty for drug...
‘Apostasy should not warrant death penalty’: report
ISLAMABAD: An amicus curiae on Monday stated before the Islamabad High Court (IHC) that an apostate should not be given capital punishment, reports a...
Zainab’s convicted murderer appeals verdict in LHC
LAHORE: Imran Ali, who was convicted by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) last week for the rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab Amin of Kasur, has appealed...
