Tag: Jail
‘Afghan rape victim still in jail despite pardon’
An Afghan woman who was jailed for adultery after being raped remains in prison more than 10 days after President Hamid Karzai ordered her...
Jackson doctor gets 4 years in jail
A judge sentenced Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray to the maximum four years in jail on Tuesday, three weeks after he was convicted in...
11 killed in Iraq suicide bombing outside jail
A suicide car bomber detonated his explosives-packed vehicle at a prison north of Baghdad on Monday, killing 11 people and wounding at least 15,...
Asif, Butt playing with tennis ball in jail
The two Pakistan cricketers, jailed for deliberately bowling no-balls in a Test in a betting scam, held training sessions and mock matches with a...
Jail as qualification?
It has been repeatedly claimed by some politicians that by being jailed for their corrupt practices by the government, they served the cause of...
Indian minister gets five years in jail over corruption
Former Indian telecom minister Sukhram, convicted for taking Rs 300,000 as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a private firm in 1996, was...
Butt, Asif want to complete term in Pakistan
Jailed Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif want to be transferred to a jail in Pakistan to serve the remaining term of sentences,...
Amir can appeal spot-fixing jail term
Mohammad Amir, one of the Pakistan cricketers jailed for fixing parts of a Test match in England last year, was given permission on Friday...
Indian court shocked by Pakistanis held without trial
India's Supreme Court expressed shock on Friday that more than 250 Pakistanis were being held in Indian jails without ever having faced trial, with...
Taliban terrorist sent to jail
A local court on Thursday sent a Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorist Qari Inayat to jail on a judicial remand. Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate...
Bahrain jails 20 doctors after democracy protests
Bahrain jailed 20 doctors on Thursday for between five and 15 years on theft and other charges, the state news agency said, in what...
Checkup of ‘dengue’ prisoner ordered
An additional district and sessions judge on Thursday directed district jail authorities to conduct the medical checkup of a prisoner allegedly involved in a...
Forum formed to end women’s torture in custody
Oxfam GB, in collaboration with Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) and South Asia Partnership (SAP), has introduced a project addressing women torture in custody. Under...
Camp Jail SI took Rs 40m to let Sheikh Afzal escape
Authorities on Wednesday suspended Superintendent Camp Jail Gulzar Butt for alleged involvement in Bank of Punjab (BOP) scam accused Sheikh Muhammad Afzal’s attempt to...
Secretary’s car runs over Imam in Jail Road accident
An official vehicle of the Secretary Regulation knocked down and killed a prayer leader of a local mosque on Jail Road near the Met...
Sarabjit Singh wants court’s permission for yoga in jail
Lahore High Court Chief Justice (CJ) Ijaz Ahmad Chaudhry called on Thursday for a report by September 20 from the Kot Lakhpat Jail medical...
NATO suspends Afghan jail transfer
NATO’s military coalition in Afghanistan has suspended the transfer of prisoners to some Afghan jails following allegations of torture in an as-yet unpublished UN...
