Tag: Jail

Nawaz ‘too sick’ for jail, wants permanent bail

--Former PM's doctors say stress can lead to cardiac arrest --Counsel says Nawaz should be allowed treatment in UK   ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...

DEO jailed for seven years in illegal recruitment case

KARACHI: An accountability court on Saturday awarded seven years imprisonment and fine of Rs48.5 million to a District Education Officer (DEO) of Sindh in...

Nawaz released from jail after SC orders six-week reprieve

--SC allows former PM to seek medical treatment anywhere in Pakistan during bail period, bars him from going abroad --Bench criticises NAB's attitude, says it...

PICTURES: Shehbaz Sharif enjoys quality time with wife after release from...

Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly (NA) Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday spent time with his wife Tehmina Durrani after being released from the National Accountability...

Hanif Abbasi rushed to hospital amid deteriorating health

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi, who is serving a life sentence in the Ephedrine case, was rushed to the hospital from jail...

CM suspends Mianwali Central Jail deputy superintendent over negligence

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Saturday suspended the deputy superintendent of Mianwali Central Jail for negligence in duty and on the complaints...

Two people rescued from illegal police detention

HYDERABAD: The Raid Commissioner appointed by the District and Sessions Court Hyderabad recovered two people kept in illegal detention at a private residence of a...

Incarcerated Nawaz to meet family tomorrow

--Nawaz's counsel to challenge accountability court's Al-Azizia reference verdict in IHC next week --Maryam Nawaz meets her father at Kot Lakhpat jail, discusses future strategy...

India to release Pakistani inmate who ‘fell in love in India’

The Indian authorities have decided to reciprocate the goodwill gesture of Pakistan by releasing a Pakistani man languishing in Indian prison for over a...

Myanmar activists jailed over anti-war protests, says lawyer

YANGON: A court in Myanmar's restive Kachin state has jailed three activists for defaming the military, their lawyer said on Saturday, as campaigners slammed...

Diplomatic shuttle service scam: Three CDA officers sent to jail

ISLAMABAD: An accountability court (AC) on Wednesday granted the judicial remand of three accused allegedly involved in a corruption scam pertaining to illegal awarding...

Complaint cells set up in Adiala jail barracks to address problems...

RAWALPINDI: Complaint cells have been set up in all the barracks at Central Adiala Jail to address the complaints of prisoners in jail. This was...

Fawad Chaudhry ‘100% sure’ about Nawaz’s return to jail

Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry on Thursday said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo and three-time former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would definitely...

Anwar Majeed moved to jail: report

Police on Wednesday shifted Omni Group chairman Anwar Majeed from National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) to prison, a local news outlet reported. Majeed, a...

PML-N leaders deny taking photo of Hanif Abbasi with Nawaz Sharif

PML-N leaders have denied taking the leaked picture of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Hanif Abbasi and others in the office of the Adiala...

21-year-old man charged with trafficking drugs as 10-year-old to be released...

LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday ordered the release of 21-year-old Muhammad Adnan who was arrested 11 years ago at the age of 10...

LHC suspends life imprisonment of pregnant woman

LAHORE: A division bench of the Lahore High Court headed by Justice Sayyed Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi on Wednesday suspended the life imprisonment of a...