Tag: Sentence
Rana’s sentence tough message to terrorists: US
The "serious" prison sentence for Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana should send a tough message to all individuals planning to indulge in any direct or indirect...
US court upholds Aafia Siddiqui’s sentence
A federal US appellate court on Monday upheld the conviction of Pakistani-American neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, who was accused of trying to kill US troops...
Imam held for evidence-tampering in blasphemy case
Cleric who submitted evidence against a Christian girl accused of blasphemy has been arrested on suspicion of evidence-tampering, police said Sunday.
Rimsha has been in...
Zardari grants remission to prisoners on Eid
President Asif Ali Zardari, on the advice of the prime minister, has granted special remission in sentences to convicts of different categories on the...
Bosnian court hands down highest sentence yet for Srebrenica
The Bosnian war crimes court on Friday handed down its stiffest sentence yet when it jailed a former elite Bosnian Serb soldier for 43...
Dr Afridi’s brother files appeal against 33-year sentence
The elder brother of Dr Shakil Afridi on Friday filed an appeal before Peshawar Commissioner Tariq Jamil against the 33-year imprisonment handed down to...
Pakistani UN peacekeepers sentenced in Haiti rape case
Two UN peacekeepers from Pakistan have been sentenced to a year in prison for raping a 14-year-old Haitian boy after being convicted in a...
Russian engineer jailed for 13 years for passing data to CIA
A Russian space engineer received a 13-year jail sentence Friday on charges of passing secret strategic missile data to the US Central Intelligence Agency...
IHC upholds death sentence of killer of wife, son
Islamabad High Court (IHC) Chief Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rehman maintained a lower court’s death sentence awarded to a murderer who had killed his wife...
Salman files appeal against his sentence
Jailed cricketer Salman Butt has filed an appeal against his 30-month sentence, a media report claimed on Wednesday.
Found guilty in the spot-fixing scam,...
LHC suspends sentence of 7 policemen
The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday suspended the three-year sentence each awarded to seven policemen, including former SHO Rana Ilyas, in the Sialkot...
Murderer awarded death sentence
Additional District & Sessions Judge Arif Hameed Shaikh on Wednesday awarded the death sentence on two counts to Muhammad Siddique who was involved in...
LHC suspends former Sialkot DPO’s sentence, grants bail
A division bench of the Lahore High Court on Monday granted bail to former Sialkot DPO Waqar Chohan, suspending his three-year sentence awarded by...
20 ST members protest Qadri death sentence
Activists of Sunni Tehrik protested on Sunday against the court’s verdict against Mumtaz Qadri who had confessed to the killing of former Punjab Governor...
Bahrain sentences opposition leaders life terms
A Bahraini special court has upheld life jail sentences served on seven Shiite opposition leaders convicted of plotting to overthrow the regime in the...
Death sentence for murderers upheld
A federal shariat court bench on Wednesday dismissed appeals of two convicts against their death sentence awarded on charges of sexual assault and the...
Iranian gets death sentence for scientist’s murder
An Iranian accused of assassinating a scientist on behalf of Israel has been sentenced to death, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday....
