Tag: Execution
Considered to be executed North Korean official reappears
A senior North Korean official who had been reported as purged over the failed nuclear summit with Washington was shown in state media on...
Saudi Arabia executes Pakistani couple over ‘drugs charges’
Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed a Pakistani couple after it was found "guilty of smuggling heroin" into the Islamic Kingdom.
In a statement, Kingdom's interior ministry announced...
CJP Nisar suspends execution of mentally ill prisoner Hayat
--SC to hear death-row prisoner Khizar Hayat’s appeal on Tuesday
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday suspended the execution of schizophrenia patient...
Death warrant issued for ‘schizophrenia patient’ Hayat
--Sessions court orders former police constable's execution at Lahore jail on Jan 15
--Death warrants for Hayat have been issued thrice previously
LAHORE: A district and...
LHC dismisses petition seeking delay in ‘schizophrenic’ cop’s execution
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Thursday rejected a petition for staying the execution of a "schizophrenic" cop, Khizar Hayat, noting that the condemned was “convicted...
Saudi Arabia calls for execution of 5 charged with murder of...
--Eleven people have been charged with Khashoggi's killing, Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman not implicated in murder
RIYADH: Eleven people have been charged in the...
Gen Bajwa signs death warrants of 14 ‘hardcore terrorists’
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa has signed death warrants of "14 hardcore terrorist", the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said...
Army chief sanctions death for 13 hardcore terrorists
RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday confirmed the death sentences awarded to "13 hardcore terrorists" by special military courts.
According to a...
Saudi Arabia executes four Pakistanis for murder, rape
Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed four Pakistani men convicted of raping and murdering a woman and raping her teenage son, the interior ministry said.
The...
CII to review bill for public hanging: report
ISLAMABAD: The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) is to review the bill, ‘Criminal Law Amendment Act 2018’ seeking an amendment in the Pakistan Penal...
Court denies prisoners request for painless execution: report
PESHAWAR: A court on Thursday turned down the request of two prisoners on a death row who requested for painless execution, reports a local...
US sets date for execution of Indian-American death-row prisoner
WASHINGTON: There is a slim chance of the first death-row Indian-American prisoner being executed on the scheduled date of February 23 because of a...
Execution of mentally ill prisoner halted by session judge
LAHORE: District and Sessions Judge Abid Hussain Qureshi halted the execution of Muhammad Saleem Ahmed, a severely mentally ill prisoner on Saturday. He was due...
Man convicted of murder, rape executed in Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: A man charged with murder and rape was executed early Tuesday morning at the Hyderabad Central Prison.
Convict Sikandar Ali Joyo was hanged in...
Saudi Arabia carries out 100th execution this year
A Saudi was executed on Monday in Riyadh, the official SPA news agency reported, taking to 100 the number of people put to death...
Pakistani ‘drug trafficker’ among six beheaded in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: The Saudi Arabia government on Monday executed six people, including a Pakistani citizen, convicted of drug trafficking and homicide, the highest number of...
Army chief confirms death sentences of four hardcore terrorists
RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday confirmed the death sentences awarded to four hardcore terrorists involved in heinous offences...
