Tag: life imprisonment

Apex court acquits eight suspects in kidnapping case

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday vindicated eight suspects who were given life imprisonment by a trial court in a kidnapping case. The decision came...

Hanif Abbasi challenges conviction in ephedrine scam, seeks bail

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi on Saturday filed an appeal in the Lahore High Court (LHC), challenging the life imprisonment sentence awarded to...

Gender-based violence court awards life sentence to child rapist

A gender-based violence court has handed life imprisonment and a fine to the tune of Rs500,000 to a man convicted of raping a minor...

ATC awards life imprisonment to one in ulema murder case

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Monday awarded life sentence to Syed Ali Hassan on the charge of killing religious scholars. The court acquitted another...

SC maintains life imprisonment of convicted child molester

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Tuesday maintained life imprisonment of ten-year girl's molester Abid Hamid while rejecting his appeal against sentence. A two-judge bench headed by Justice...

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...

SC acquits one accused of murder, upholds lifetime imprisonment of other

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday while disposing of appeal pleas of two accused against their conviction in the murder case of a youth in...

One year on, Mashal Khan’s family awaits justice

 MARDAN: On this day exactly one year ago, Mashal Khan was brutally murdered by a mob over false blasphemy allegations. One person has been sentenced to...

SC gives stay order against life imprisonment of 14 military court...

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday issued an interlocutory injunction against the implementation of a verdict given by a military court which convicted...

Man’s death sentence overturned to life imprisonment after 28 years

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of a petitioner after 28 years, citing lack of evidence as a reason. A three-member bench,...