Tag: Death Penalty

SC stays death penalty of three military court convicts

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Monday stayed the death penalty orders of three terrorists who were sentenced to death by a military...

Three get death sentence in India for teen’s rape and murder

NEW DELHI: A court in India has given the death penalty to three men convicted for the rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl. The...

Death row convict sent to gallows

SAHIWAL: A death row convict Muhammad Tahir was hanged in Central Jail Sahiwal on Thursday. The accused was charged with the murder of his pregnant...

Two death row inmates hanged in Punjab

LAHORE: Two death row inmates have been hanged in different jails of Punjab on early Thursday morning as per reports. Death row prisoner Nasir Abbas was...

Trump calls for death penalty for New York attack suspect

NEW YORK: An Uzbek immigrant accused of plowing a truck down a New York City bike path, killing eight people, told investigators he had...

Death penalty has no place in 21st century: UN chief

  UNITED NATIONS: The death penalty does little to deter crimes or serve victims, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, calling on all countries...

HRCP holds rally against death penalty

LAHORE: About 15 to 20 activists of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) held a rally on Tuesday to mark the “15th World Day...

Restoring death penalty in Turkey ‘red line’ in EU bid

BERLIN:European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker warned on Sunday that any return of the death penalty in Turkey would be a “red line” in the...

Shahi Syed suggests death penalty for politicians consuming alcohol

  Awami National Party (ANP) Senator Shahi Syed on Friday suggested death penalty for politicians who consume alcohol, while Rehman Malik demanded a mandatory DNA...

Death penalty may be on the way out in US: report

The days of capital punishment may be numbered in the United States, with sharp reductions in new death sentences and executions carried out amid...

Senator urges implementation of basic human rights

  Senator Farhatullah Babar has asked political parties to reach to an agreement for the implementation of basic human rights while addressing seminar on human...

Erdogan says would approve death penalty if parliament votes

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told a rally of more than a million people in Istanbul on Sunday that he would approve the death penalty...

Indonesia introduces death penalty for child rapists

Indonesia has sanctioned the death penalty for child rapists. The decision to hand-out tougher punishments for sex crimes against children follows several high-profile crimes that...

Will US secrecy laws boost the death penalty?

America stands alone among Western nations for its use of the death penalty, but the number of prisoners it executes has slowed to a...

Two murderers sent to the gallows

Two death row convicts have been executed in Faisalabad and Sahiwal jails. Death row prisoner Adeel Shahzad was hanged in district jail Faisalabad on Tuesday...

Pope calls for worldwide ban on death penalty

Pope Francis called on Sunday for a worldwide ban on the death penalty, saying the commandment “You shall not kill” was just as valid...

Qadri’s supporters ‘occupy’ Lahore’s Mall Road

  The Mall Road of Lahore remained blocked for several hours on Monday as hundreds of supporters of convicted murderer Mumtaz Qadri staged a sit-in...