Tag: punishment

Senate bill seeks rigorous imprisonment for child marriage

The Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill 2018 was presented in the Senate on Tuesday. The bill was moved by Opposition Leader Senator Sherry Rehman. The...

Police officers directed to salute teachers

--School Education Department orders punishing teachers for students’ smoking habits LAHORE: Punjab government on Monday directed police personnel to display respect to teachers by saluting them,...

Trump vows ‘severe punishment’ for Saudi Arabia if Khashoggi was killed

  WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said in a CBS interview on Saturday that there would be "severe punishment" for Saudi Arabia if it turns...

Australia ball-tampering bans ‘shocked’ world cricket: Ricky Ponting

MELBOURNE: Ricky Ponting believes the lengthy bans given to former Australia captain Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft for their roles in March's...

Activists slam punishment of raped girl who had abortion

  JAKARTA: Activists on Monday criticized a six-month prison sentence given to a 15-year-old Indonesian girl who had an abortion after being repeatedly raped by...

NA passes bill to impose stricter punishment on sex offenders

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly on Tuesday passed the ‘The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2017’ which targets at increasing punishment for serious offences like sexual abuse...

No-trust movement is punishment to Nawaz: Senator Kakar

BY YASIR HABIB KHAN   LAHORE: No-Trust movement that is whipping up a chaotic storm in Baluchistan as well as the entire country is spineless and will...

88 girls forced to undress as punishment by teachers in India

As many as 88 students of a girls’ school were allegedly forced to undress in front of other students by three teachers as a...

BRT project is people’s punishment for electing PTI to govt: ANP...

PESHAWAR: Awami National Party (ANP) leader and Senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour on Tuesday termed the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project a punishment for the dwellers...

161 police officers punished for negligence in duty

LAHORE: Superintendent Police (SP) Headquarters Atif Nazeer announced punishments for 161 police officers over absence from duty and irresponsible approach. Accordng to reports, SP Atif...

60 years incarceration awarded to perpetrator of acid attack

LAHORE: A young woman who was disfigured by an acid attack in September got some semblance of justice after the perpetrator was awarded 60...

Teenager stripped, paraded as ‘punishment for brother’s crime’ in DI Khan

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A girl was forcefully stripped and paraded around the streets of  Dera Ismail Khan's Matt area, to “pay the price for...

Bill to enhance punishment for dishonestly issuing cheque introduced in NA

Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2016, increasing punishment for dishonestly issuing a cheque was introduced in the National Assembly on Tuesday. The objective of the bill...