Pakistan 2009
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News on Pakistan in 2009
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Riffat Sultan...
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge Riffat Sultan...
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: EXECUTIONS CONTINUE BLOODSHED IN SWAT
local journalists in Pakistan's Swat valley said that 230 bodies have been found in the valley since 13 July, the day refugees began to stream back to their homes in the war-torn region.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH CONVICT NOOR MUHAMMAD FILES APPEAL
Noor Muhammad, one of two men sentenced to death by the Anti Terrorism Court...
SEPTEMBER 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE
the Rawalpindi Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) No I in Pakistan awarded the death sentence and 33 years
- AUGUST 31, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING JUDGE
Administrative Judge Raja Shehbaz Khan of the Anti Terrorist Court in Gilgit, Pakistan...
AUGUST 31, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 2 COPS AWARDED DEATH FOR RAPING, KILLING GIRL
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) has awarded death sentence to two traffic policemen for raping and killing a
AUGUST 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY AWARDED FOR MURDER
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ajmal Hussain awarded the death
- AUGUST 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A WOMAN OVER KARI ALLEGATIONS
the court of Second Sessions Judge Aijaz Ali Khaskheli sentenced two brothers to death for killing a woman over fake allegations of Kari or casuing the family disgrace.
- AUGUST 6, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER RAPE CASE
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Ghulam Rasool Ch. awarded the death sentence to Mohammad Akram for raping and murdering a 12-year-old girl in 2008 in the jurisdiction of Tarkhanwala police station
- AUGUST 5, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
Sadi Ahmad, a resident of Chak, and Mahboob Shah were sentenced to death by the Anti Terrorism Court in Faisalabad, Pakistan, for a murder committed under the Sadar Police Station on August 1, 2007.
- AUGUST 2, 2009United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT TO REVIEW MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Supreme Court in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, is again reviewing the case of a Pakistani on death row for killing a young Emirati woman in Sharjah.
- JULY 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN MILITIA PUBLICLY EXECUTES 'KIDNAPPERS'
a Pakistani Islamist militia executed four men by firing squad in Bara, in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal district of Khyber, after pronouncing them guilty of kidnapping and murder at a self-styled Islamic court
- JULY 27, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar sentenced Naveed to death for killing New Murree resident Ejaz Ahmed.
- JULY 25, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Manzoor Hussain...
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Manzoor Hussain...
- JULY 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pattoki, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Shahid Mahmood handed down the death sentence to Sajjad Farooq in a murder case under Pattoki city police station.
- JULY 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ch Muhammad Shafiq awarded the death sentence along with a fine of Rs 100,000 to Saleem, alias Shankar Masih, in a murder case under Raiwind Police Station.
- JULY 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Additional district and session judge Muhammad Ajmal Hussain awarded capital punishment and a fine of Rs 100,000 to an accused involved in a murder case in Kotli Rai Abu Bakar village, Pakistan. Nisar Ahmed allegedly shot dead Shaoukat Ali of same village
- JULY 22, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SARABJIT SINGH FILES FRESH APPLICATION IN SUPREME COURT
a fresh application has been filed before the Pakistan Supreme Court seeking review of its decision to dismiss the Indian death row inmate Sarabjit Singh's petition challenging his death penalty.
- JULY 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahrukh Tarar awarded the death sentence to Haji Iftikhar and fined him Rs50,000.
- JULY 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Raja Pervaiz Akhter sentenced Muhammad...
- JULY 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO ONE
in Jaranwala, Pakistan, Additional district and session judge Farooq...
- JULY 15, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CONDEMNED PRISONER TO BE HANGED ON JULY 28
Allah Ditta, a prisoner on death row, will be hanged on July 28 at Bahawalpur Central Jail in Pakistan
- JULY 15, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, District and sessions judge Sargodha Syed Hamid Hussain awarded the death sentence to Mohammad Nawaz for murdering his wife Zahida in 2008.
- JULY 8, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar awarded the death sentence to a murder case convict and imposed a Rs 0.1 million fine as compensation for family of the deceased.
- JULY 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ACCUSED IN MURDER CASE AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Baddin, Pakistan, IInd Additional Sessions Judge Ghulam Rasool awarded the death sentence to accused in murder case. Yousaf Mehran Poto was also fined Rs 100,000 for the murder.
- JULY 2, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: HUSBAND GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING SPOUSE
in Pakpattan, Pakistan, an Additional District and Sessions Judge awarded capital punishment to a man and fined him Rs 100,000. According to the prosecution, Muhammad Younus killed his wife Shamim Akhtar in chak Rasoolpur in 2007.
- JULY 1, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS CAPITAL SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Ajmal Hussain sentenced Muhammad Arif to death and fined him to Rs 150,000.
- JUNE 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF ACCUSED
a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan, comprising of Justices Tariq Shamim and Malik Saeed Ijaz commuted the death sentence of Muhammad Zafar to life imprisonment.
- JUNE 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: LHC CONFIRMS 2 DEATH SENTENCES
a division bench of the Lahore High Court (LHC) in Pakistan, comprising of Justices Tariq Shamim and Malik Saeed Ijaz endorsed the death sentences awarded to Ishaq and Lateef by a lower court for their involvement in the murder of two people over a marria
- JUNE 30, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: EXECUTION OF 2 PRISONERS DEFERRED FOR ONE MONTH
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Rana Raza Ullah Khan Superintendent district prison said that the execution of Shafqat Ali and Saeed Ahmad of Mannanwala was deferred for one month according to an order received from President House.