Tag: Jail
Scorpions drummer in Dubai jail for ‘insulting Islam’: report
The drummer for German rock band Scorpions has been in jail for almost a month after being arrested for “insulting” Islam and offensive behaviour...
Peshawar jail clash: six inmates injured, army called in
Pakistan Army was called in after two groups of inmates clashed in the highly sensitive Peshawar Central Jail on Sunday.
According to police sources, the...
Adiala Jail: Report says 11 died in 2013
As many as 11 inmates died and many were injured in Central Jail Adiala during the current year due to violent behaviour of the...
Pak national released from Indian jail after 14 years
An arrested Pakistani national has been released from the Guwahati Central Jail in India after 14 years and sent back to Pakistan after the...
Lalu Prasad gets 5 years in jail, stands disqualified as MP
India’s Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad was on Thursday sentenced to five years in imprison in a 17-year-old fodder scam case by a...
ATC sends accused terrorist to jail
On Tuesday, an Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) sent the terrorist caught red-handed while planting bombs to a jail on judicial remand.
It should...
Tauqir Sadiq sent to jail on 14-day judicial remand
The Islamabad Accountability Court (AC) has sent former OGRA chairman Tauqir Sadiq to Adiala Jail on a 14-day judicial remand in the 82 billion...
Egyptians no longer face jail for insulting president
A decree issued by Egypt's interim head of state on Monday means people no longer face jail for insulting the president, after a surge...
Security beefed up around central prison
Prison Police on Monday conducted an emergency exercise at the Central Jail, in view of threats forwarded by intelligence agencies.
The Prisons Deputy Inspector General...
800 cell phones and lots of drugs in Jhang jail
Dozens of dangerous prisoners belonging to various banned outfits are being kept at the Jhang jail that has been declared as one of most...
DIK jail attack: Initial report says police didn’t even bother to...
As hundreds of terrorists managed to escape the Dera Ismail Khan jail following an attack late on Monday, an initial inquiry report says about...
Jail administrations corrupt, need reformation: CJP
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has remarked that jail administration was corrupt and if it was reformed then condition prevailing in...
Minister bribes his way in Camp Jail
Punjab Minister for Jails Chaudhary Abdul Waheed Arain posing as an ordinary citizen on Friday made his maiden surprise visit to the Camp Jail...
Saudi gets 30 lashes, jail for slapping wife
A Saudi man who slapped his wife has earned himself a flogging and jail sentence, in a rare ruling in the Gulf kingdom that...
SSP leader Malik Ishaq released from Chohang jail
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) leader Malik Ishaq, who was under custody of the law enforcing agencies for peaceful conduct of the May 11 elections, was...
Sawan Masih to have a jail trial
The Home Department on Monday granted permission for Sawan Masih, a Christian accused of blasphemy, to be tried in jail.
Masih was accused of using...
Tales from behind the bars
Seven years in Kot Lakhpat Jail hardened him enough that he even lost the little fear of the law he once had.
The crime situation...
