ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on an appeal of a Christian woman challenging the death sentence awarded to her for blasphemy.
A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, reserved the verdict after hearing arguments from her counsel.
The chief justice said the delay was "for reasons to be recorded later", and told media they could not publish comments on the hugely inflammatory case, which has incited violence in the past.
Asia Bibi, a mother of five, has been on death…
KABUL: Six Afghan Taliban inmates on death row were hanged on Sunday, government sources said, in the first set of executions endorsed by President Ashraf Ghani since he came to power in 2014.
Seven prisoners across the country were hanged today, taking the executions toll to 163 since the APS massacre forced government to implement the death sentence.
ISLAMABAD: A total number of eleven death row convicts were executed in different cities and towns of Pakistan early Tuesday morning, ARY News reported.
WASHINGTON: A woman who spent 23 years on death row in the United States over the killing of her young son saw her murder charge dismissed Monday and the case against her closed.