Tag: Jail

Mongolian court jails ex-president for corruption

A court in Mongolia has jailed former president Nambar Enkhbayar for four years after finding him guilty of corruption charges that he has called...

Chilas jailbreak: Five inmates escaped

At least five inmates manage to break the Chilas jail on Wednesday, a local television said. According to the channel the prisoners, doing time...

Judicial probe into jail violence kicks off

District and Sessions Judge Amjad Ali Bohyo recorded the statements of the officials of Central Jail, Hyderabad, at a hearing on Saturday. The judge,...

Afghan couple seeking security lands in jail

A newly married couple from Afghanistan, seeking shelter and security from Pakistani authorities, ended up Darul Aman and Jail after being arrested by police...

250 Bangladesh patients, nurses jailed over mutiny

A Bangladesh court has jailed more than 250 people including paramilitary guards and male nurses for joining a 2009 mutiny, prosecutors said Sunday. Scores of...

Jail admin files case against 50 inmates

The Hyderabad central jail administration on Saturday filed a case against 50 prisoners who were involved in clashes with the jail administration. As per details,...

Prisoners unhappy with jail admin

The prisoners staged a protest demonstration against the jail administration here on Saturday. The violent prisoners broke things and burnt their beds during the...

Clashes at Hyderabad jail kill one, injure several

An under-trial prisoner died while several prisoners and a few policemen were injured during clashes in Hyderabad’s Central Prison on Friday. The condition of one...

6 bombs retrieved near Faisalabad Jail

Six bombs were recovered and defused near the Borstal Jail on Friday, averting a terror plot. According to police sources, six handmade toy bombs...

Russia warns US of retaliation over jail death law

Russia on Wednesday warned the United States it would retaliate if US lawmakers passed a law blacklisting officials implicated in the death in jail...

Man sentenced to three days in jail for sagging pants

Suspects who sag their pants in this judge's court are in for a stiff punishment. A municipal court judge sentenced Durrell Brooks to three...

KP government asks federal govt to shift Afridi to another jail

In the wake of threats to the life of Dr Shakil Afridi, who was sentenced to 33 years of rigorous imprisonment and accused of...

Appeal against Afridi conviction

Lawyers representing the Dr. Shakeel Afridi appealed against his conviction on Friday. Shakeel Afridi was on May 24 sentenced to 33 years in jail under...

War crimes court hands Liberia’s Taylor 50 years in jail

A UN-backed war crimes court handed Liberia’s former president Charles Taylor a 50-year jail term Wednesday for arming rebels in Sierra Leone in return...

Militancy charges may complicate US efforts for Afridi’s release

The revelation that Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi was sentenced on militancy-related charges, and not the basis of his links with CIA, may undermine Washington’s...

Dr Shakil Afridi’s brother seeks justice

Pleading justice for his brother Dr Shakil Afridi, sentenced to 33 years in prison for helping the US get to Osama Bin Laden, Jamil...

Project concept ready for new jail

The Capital Development Authority (CDA) and officials of district administration Islamabad have submitted report to the chief commissioner regarding construction of district jail on...