Tag: Jail
NATO suspends Afghan jail transfers over torture fears
The international force in Afghanistan has suspended the transfer of prisoners to some Afghan jails following allegations of torture in an as-yet unpublished UN...
Court seeks report on Shamshad Gulzar’s activities in jail
An accountability court has sought comprehensive report on Monday of the activities of the Lahore Mass Transit System Project (LMTSP) scam’s main accused Shamshad...
Iran prosecutor confirms jail term for US “hikers”
Tehran's chief prosecutor confirmed on Sunday eight-year jail sentences for two Americans arrested more than two years ago on spying charges, the ISNA news...
Hazare leaves jail to start public fast
Indian activist Anna Hazare left jail Friday to start a two-week public fast likely to fuel an eruption of angry protests over corruption that...
Jail for refusal to remove burqa in Australia
Australian authorities Friday said motorists who refused to take off face-covering veils such as the burqa when asked to do so by police could...
Missing Adiyala Jail inmate found dead
The dead body of Amir Khan, a man who went missing from Adiyala Jail in 2010, was found in Peshawar on Monday. Media reports...
Islamabad to have modern jail within two years
The Islamabad chief commissioner told a high-level meeting on Monday that 700 kanals of land had been earmarked for the construction of a jail...
Anjum Aqeel released from Adiyala Jail
Authorities at Adiyala Jail on Saturday released Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Anjum Aqeel Khan after the court granted him bail in two cases...
Maltese priests given jail sentences for child abuse
Two Maltese priests were sentenced to a total of 11 years in prison between them on Tuesday after they were convicted of sexually abusing...
Anjum Aqeel sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand
Senior Civil Judge Islamabad has rejected the plea of PML-N MAN Anjum Aqeel seeking nullification of police foundation fraud case and other cases and...
Aqeel sent to jail on 14-day remand
The Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Anjum Aqeel Khan has been sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand on Monday.
As per details, the...
Larkana Jail operation halted
Operation to free five policemen, who were taken hostage by prisoners, has stopped. Law enforcing agencies had started the Larkana Jail operation on Saturday...
Prisoners take policemen hostage
Dozens of inmates have taken two policemen and a prison worker hostage in a protest against plans to transfer them to other jails, the...
Police frees 14 peasants from landlord’s jail
The court of Mirpurkhas District and Sessions Judge ensured freedom of 14 peasants, including women and children, from the private prison of a landlord...
D&SJs release 103 prisoners during Camp Jail visit
Lahore District and Sessions Judge Mujahid Mustaqeem Ahmed, along with five other judges, on Tuesday visited the Camp Jail issued on spot orders to...
Cellular companies don’t want jail jammers
Cellular service companies sought help of the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) for removal of three jammers installed at the Central Jail Kot Lakhpat with...
British author released from Singapore jail
A British author has been freed from a Singapore prison after serving time for contempt of court over his book on the death penalty....
