Pakistan 2003
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News on Pakistan in 2003
- JULY 6, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national,...
Makhdoum Ahmad bin Wali Mohammad, a Pakistani national, was executed in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after he was convicted of attempting to smuggle a quantity of heroin into the kingdom
- JUNE 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Hekmat Shah Ahmad, a Pakistani man convicted in Saudi...
Hekmat Shah Ahmad, a Pakistani man convicted in Saudi Arabia of drug trafficking, was beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah
- JUNE 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced three Islamic militants...
A Pakistani court sentenced three Islamic militants to death for plotting a May 2002 suicide car bomb attack that killed 11 French naval engineers and two Pakistani bystanders in the southern port city Karachi
- JUNE 30, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A French humanitarian group said it was opposed to...
A French humanitarian group said it was opposed to the death sentences passed on Pakistani extremists for the murder of French nationals, even though some of its members had personal links with the victims
- JUNE 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani court sentenced two men to hang after they...
A Pakistani court sentenced two men to hang after they were found guilty of killing a woman by throwing acid at her, police said
- JUNE 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sialkot Additional District and Sessions Judge...
The Sialkot Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Sarwar Sidhu awarded a death sentence each with a fine of Rs
- JUNE 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Gulzar Rawal, 35, was hanged at in Central Jail in...
Gulzar Rawal, 35, was hanged at in Central Jail in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
- JUNE 12, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
In Pakistan the Punjab chief minister's adviser on...
In Pakistan the Punjab chief minister's adviser on law and human rights, Mr Rana Ejaz Ahmad Khan, announced that kite-flyers would face murder charges and a possible death penalty if their sharpened strings caused more deaths
- JUNE 3, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Qari Abdul Hai, an Islamic militant suspected in the...
Qari Abdul Hai, an Islamic militant suspected in the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, was brought before a judge and informed he had been sentenced to death for the killings of six minority Shiite Muslims
- MAY 31, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that Additional district & session...
It was reported that Additional district & session Judge Jawad ul Hassan awarded a death sentence with a fine of Rs
- MAY 31, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sialkot Additional District & Session Judge Nazir...
The Sialkot Additional District & Session Judge Nazir Ahmed awarded a death sentence with a fine of Rs
- MAY 23, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ameer...
Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ameer Khan sentence to death Bashir Ahmad with a fine of Rs
- MAY 23, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Khalid Hussain, Shakir Ali, Muhammad Iqrar and Muhammad...
Khalid Hussain, Shakir Ali, Muhammad Iqrar and Muhammad Ismail were sentenced to death on three counts by the Additional Session Court
- MAY 8, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of Sindh High Court dismissed the...
A division bench of Sindh High Court dismissed the appeal of three against a judgment made by the Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi in a case involving kidnapping and ransom, but converted their death sentences into life terms
- MAY 7, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pakistan sentenced a woman to death for...
A court in Pakistan sentenced a woman to death for drugs offences
- MAY 5, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Special Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced to death...
The Special Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced to death on two counts with a fine of Rs 2 hundred thousand Shabbir Ahmad for murdering a Police Inspector and a Head Constable as they conducted a raid on a house
- MAY 2, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The anti-terrorist court at Hyderabad sentenced to...
The anti-terrorist court at Hyderabad sentenced to death two men named as Aurangzeb and Ashraf and fined them Rs
- APRIL 26, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Three Islamic Sunni militants were sentenced to death...
Three Islamic Sunni militants were sentenced to death by a Pakistani court for the murder of three men from the rival Shiite community in March 2002
- APRIL 26, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
The Sialkot Additional District & Session Judge Nazir...
The Sialkot Additional District & Session Judge Nazir Ahmad awarded a death sentence for two counts with a fine of Rs
- APRIL 24, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death...
Pakistan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights, in Geneva
- APRIL 21, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for...
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for drug trafficking, was publicly executed in a square in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, declared the Saudi Interior Ministry
- APRIL 18, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A division bench of Lahore High Court accepted the...
A division bench of Lahore High Court accepted the appeals of two convicts Omar Hayat and Muhammad Iqbal and turned their death sentences into life term imprisonment
- APRIL 16, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Nawaz, a former employee of Pakistan's Interior...
Mohammed Nawaz, a former employee of Pakistan's Interior Ministry, was sentenced to death for killing seven members of his family because he was angered by his daughter's decision to marry a Christian
- APRIL 14, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An anti-terrorism court convicted four members of an...
An anti-terrorism court convicted four members of an outlawed Islamic militant group of orchestrating a truck bombing outside the U
- APRIL 11, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court ordered a man to be...
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court ordered a man to be hanged to death for multiple sectarian murders, court officials said
- APRIL 4, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
An Anti-terrorism Court awarded the death penalty and...
An Anti-terrorism Court awarded the death penalty and a fine of Rs
- MARCH 29, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Ahmad Gulzar and Ahmad Riaz were sentenced to death...
Ahmad Gulzar and Ahmad Riaz were sentenced to death by the Additional District and Session Court in the murder case of Ali Liaqat, Gulzar's business partner
- MARCH 22, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Rafiq was sentenced to death and fined Rs...
Muhammad Rafiq was sentenced to death and fined Rs 50,000 by a Special Anti-Terrorism Court after being convicted of murder
- MARCH 21, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
District and Session Judge Muhammad Haneef Khan awarded...
District and Session Judge Muhammad Haneef Khan awarded the death penalty to a man known as Ladhu for the murder of Mureed Kazim in September 2002
- MARCH 21, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Three convicts were awarded death sentences with heavy...
Three convicts were awarded death sentences with heavy fines by local courts in different murder cases