Tag: Penalty

Gilgit airport shut down after air traffic controller detained by CAA

KARACHI: Gilgit airport remains shut for all flights on Sunday after the airport's only air traffic controller was suspended by the district administration. Earlier on Saturday,...

New bill suggests increasing penalty for animal cruelty: report

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior on Tuesday passed a bill titled “The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Amendment) Bill, 2018”, suggesting a...

Real falls 16 points behind Barca

BARCELONA: Real Madrid’s faltering title defence continued as it was held to a thrilling 2-2 draw at Celta Vigo Sunday which saw it fall 16...

HBL to face cases before NYDFS

CEO says ‘ready to pay penalty’ if HBL has committed wrong KARACHI: Habib Bank Limited (HBL) can easily pay the fine imposed by the New...

Blast at procession celebrating JI leader’s death penalty

A procession celebrating the death verdict awarded to Mir Quasem Ali, a top leader of Bangladesh's Jamat-e-Islami, for crimes committed during country’s 1971 Liberation...

Murray backs time penalty rule after win

Andy Murray has thrown his unequivocal support behind the crackdown on time-wasting in tennis because he believes it will turn the sport into even...

SC moved to transform death penalty into life time imprisonment

A petition has been moved in Supreme Court (SC) Lahore registry to turn death penalty into life time imprisonment. The petitioner Barrister Zafarullah said on...

Government seeks provinces’ input on changing death penalty to life imprisonment

The government has invited suggestions from all provincial governments on bringing amendments to the existing law aimed at changing the death penalty sentence into...

No execution of death penalty!

Sindh Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Prison Ayaz Soomro has categorically stated that the present government would not execute the death penalty against...

Italy through as England pay the penalty

Italy rounded off the quartet of Euro 2012 semi-finalists on Sunday as England once again exited a major finals in a penalty shootout. Both...

Ready even to take a penalty: Hart

England goalkeeper Joe Hart has revealed he is ready to take a penalty if Sunday's Euro 2012 quarter-final against Italy goes to a shoot-out....

HRCP urges abolition of death penalty

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has noted that despite an informal moratorium on executions, a man on death row is scheduled to...

Soldier in Afghan killing could face death penalty: Panetta

The American soldier who killed 16 Afghan civilians on Sunday including women and children could face death penalty if convicted, US Defense Secretary Leon...

Attorneys try to save 9/11 Pakistani detainee from death penalty

The nephew of the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks does not deserve the death penalty, his attorneys argue in court documents filed...

Good pipeline, bad pipeline

The country is in the middle of an energy crisis. The committed demand of the natural gas is around 6 billion cubic feet while...

Mubarak defence challenges death penalty call

Hosni Mubarak’s main lawyer on Tuesday challenged prosecution calls for Egypt’s former president to be hanged for the deaths of protesters, saying there is...

On the death penalty

Since 2003, October 10th is celebrated as the World Day against death penalty around the world. More than two-thirds of the countries in the...