Pakistan

PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE CONVERTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT

a full bench of the Federal Shariat Court in Pakistan converted the death sentence of two convicts awarded by a session court in a rape case into life imprisonment and set aside their punishment of whipping.

PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO 3 IN ALLAMA TURABI'S MURDER CASE

Judge Anand Ram of the Special Anti-Terror Court No. 3 in Karachi, Pakistan...

INDIA: KASAB CHALLENGES DEATH PENALTY IN BOMBAY HIGH COURT

Pakistani national Ajmal Kasab filed an appeal in the Bombay High Court in India challenging the death penalty awarded to him for killing 166 people on November 26, 2008.

PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING RELATIVE

in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, additional district and sessions judge Judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar sentenced Mehtab Khan to death and ordered him to pay Rs 200,000 compensation.

TALIBAN MILITANTS STONE WOMAN TO DEATH IN PAKISTAN

Taliban militants stoned a woman to death in Orakzai, Pakistan.

PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO THREE FOR MURDER

in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Sammundri Rai Hafeez Ullah Khan sentenced Tariq and his brother Abid and Raheel to death for murdering M Ashfaq of Chak No.209-GB over a minor dispute two years ago.

PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE

in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, additional district and sessions judge Raja Pervaiz Akhtar sentenced Khizar Iqbal to death for killing his rival Sajid Mehmood in September 2007 over a family feud and fined him Rs200,000.

PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH

in Lahore, Pakistan, an additional district and sessions judge sentenced a man identifed as Ayaz to death for burning his wife to death under the Mustafabad police area in 2008 and fined him Rs50,000.

PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH

in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sindhar sentenced Mohammad Khizar to death for murdering Babar Hussain, 26, and ordered him to pay Rs500,000 compensation to the legal heirs of the deceased.

PAKISTAN: ATC AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER

in Sargodha, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court Special judge Mian Anwar Nazir sentenced Kafayat Ullah and Abdul Sattar to death and 34 years rigorous jail on four counts and fined them Rs 580,000.

PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE

in Chitral, Pakistan, an Additional Sessions judge sentenced Sher Hakim of Terich village to death for murdering his wife Safia Bibi and a relative Shakil Ahmed on July 28, 2009 suspecting them of having illicit relations.

PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH ON TWO COUNTS

in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Raja Pervaiz Akhtar sentenced Raheemullah to death and fined him Rs200,000 for killing Salman, 7, after sexually assaulting him.

PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE

in Islamabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Iqbal sentenced Wahid Gul to death for killing Shaheen Akhtar and wounding six others over a petty dispute on August 4, 2008.

PAKISTAN: TRIBESMAN EXECUTED FOR SPYING ON TALIBAN

tribesmen Shabir Jan and Badsha Wali, both from Razmak, were executed by the Taliban in Miranshah, Pakistan, on charges of spying.

PAKISTAN: MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER

in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Muhammad Abdul Nasir sentenced Bashir Ahmad to death and fined him Rs 100,000.

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SARABJIT SINGH'S DEATH SENTENCE 'STAYED' BY MUSHARRAF GOVERNMENT: ZARDARI'S OFFICE

Pakistan said that Indian national Sarabjit Singh's mercy petition is not pending in President Asif Ali Zardari's office, as his execution was already stayed by the 'previous government'.

PAKISTAN: ACCUSED GETS DEATH PENALTY IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE

in Pakistan, Badin Anti-terrorism Court judge Salim Patoli sentenced Pannu Sorjo to death for murdering Ummer khalsai, Din Muhammad Khalsai and Shaban Khalsi, all from Suto Dalmeo village, in July 2009.

PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER

the Multan Anti terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced Kashif and Ramzan to death and ten years imprisonment and fined them Rs 200,000, for killing Maxhar, 16, and throwing acid on him on August 20, 2009. The case was registered with Gulgasht police statio

PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH PENALTY, RS 200,000 FINE

in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Sessions judge Syed Kazim Raza sentenced...

PAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH IN KIDNAP, MURDER CASE

in Karachi, Pakistan, Judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of Anti Terrorism Court-I sentenced Orangzaib, Ghulam Rasool, Ahsanullah and Amanullah to death for killing Shah Faisal, 21, after kidnapping him on August 14, 2009, within the remit of the Sachal police

PAKISTAN: SHC REJECTS DEATH ROW CONVICT’S APPEAL IN CHILD RAPE CASE

the Sindh High Court in Pakistan rejected the appeal of Bashir Ahmed, who was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court for raping a minor girl.

PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER

in Okara, Pakistan, Additional District & Session Judge Kaiser Nazir Butt sentenced Imran to death and 6-months rigorous imprisonment for killing Maqsood Maqbool over an old enmity.

PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER

in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Anjum Raza Syed sentenced Saad Ullah to death for murdering Nadeem over a property dispute on October 31, 2008.

PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE

in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Waseem sentenced Muhammad Aslam to death for killing his wife with a sickle on August 17, 2005.

PAKISTAN: 2 GET DEATH SENTENCE

in Nowshera, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Babar Ali sentenced Fayyaz, alias Fayyazay, and Abdur Razzaq to death for killing Nizampur resident Rambeel Bibi and his two sons for not paying extortion money. The pair were also fined Rs2 million each.

PAKISTAN: SHC RESERVES JUDGMENT IN RAPE, MURDER CASE

a division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) in Pakistan headed by Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa reserved its judgment on appeals of ex-policemen Noor Mohammad.

PAKISTAN: TALIBAN EXECUTE TWO TRIBESMEN

the Taliban in northwest Pakistan publicly executed two unidentified tribesmen accused of spying

PAKISTAN: EXECUTION DEFERRED

in Pakistan, the execution of Farooq, who was scheduled to be hung on July 10...