Tag: Sentence

IHC issues notices in Nawaz’s sentence suspension plea

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday released the written order of the proceedings held on January 28 of a case pertaining to the...

NAB to approach IHC for enhancement of Nawaz’s sentence

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountancy Bureau (NAB) has decided to approach the Islamabad High Court (IHC) for an enhancement of the sentence of former prime...

Egypt sentences 75 to death, hundreds to jail over 2013 sit-in

  CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Saturday issued death sentences for 75 people, including prominent Islamist leaders, and jailed more than 600 others over a...

Election roundup: The lion’s last roar?

The enemy of my enemy. . .  The dust is beginning to settle, well, as much as it can settle with the Sharifs still...

Egypt sentences 14 to life for belonging to banned Islamists

CAIRO: An Egyptian court has sentenced 14 people, including an adviser to an ousted Islamist president, to life in prison for membership in the...

Court in Mithi gives two-year sentence each to four convicts over...

A two-year prison sentence was given to four people by a judicial magistrate in Mithi for forcing a 14-year-old Hindu girl to marry a 55-year-old...

Khadija Siddiqi Case: LHC adjourns sentence suspension, reduction appeals till May...

---Siddiqi says her fight is to revive people’s trust on justice system LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday heard the appeal filed by convict Shah...

Egypt sentences 21 to death for planning terror attacks

An Egyptian court on Thursday sentenced 21 suspected extremists to death, including 16 in absentia, on charges of bomb making and planning attacks on...

Egypt court sentences 20 to 10 years over burning church

An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced 20 people to 10 years in prison for burning a church, official news agency MENA reported. The convicted were...

Ex USA gymnastics team doctor Nassar awaits sentence for sexual abuse

MICHIGAN: Disgraced former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar faced a sentence of life in prison Wednesday for sexual abuse after a week of...

Man given 3 years of congregational prayers over illegal weapon

KARACHI: In an unusual punishment, a man named Yousuf Khan has been sentenced to offer the compulsory five-time prayers every day in a congregation, without skipping...

Thai court sentences fugitive former PM Yingluck to 5 years in...

BANGKOK, THAILAND: Thailand’s Supreme Court sentenced former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison on Wednesday for mismanaging a rice subsidy...

Fazal dismayed over Morsi’s death sentence

Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Fazalur Rahman has expressed deep concern over the death sentence of former Egyptian president Muhammad Morsi, saying that such...

SC suspends Rahman Malik’s theft sentence

The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended sentence awarded to former interior minister Rahman Malik in a case pertaining to car theft. The three-member bench of...

Iran says Saudi Shia cleric’s death sentence risks tensions

A top Iranian official has warned that a death sentence passed on a prominent Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia could escalate tensions and called...

Dr Afridi’s sentence unjust: US

WASHINGTON The United States said on Wednesday the 10-year sentence reduction for Dr Shakil Afridi is a positive step but his jail term is still...

Briton appeals against blasphemy death sentence

Lawyers for an elderly Briton sentenced to death in Pakistan for blasphemy filed an appeal on Friday, saying the court had failed to consider...