7 member larger bench under CJP mulls increasing duration of life sentence
Larger bench made to determine the extent of a life sentencing, the bench will be headed by the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Asif Saeed Khosa.
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Supreme Court commutes death sentence of murder convict in life term
The trial court had awarded death sentence to Saifullah for shooting to death his two brothers over a land dispute in Bhakkar district of Punjab.
‘Anybody who does not spare the cow, the government will not spare him’
AHMEDABAD: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat on Friday increased the punishment for cow slaughter from seven years to life imprisonment as Hindu hardliners push for tougher protections for the holy animal.
Under the stiffened penalties passed by Gujarat's state assembly, anyone caught transporting cows for slaughter could also face up to 10 years in jail.
Cows are considered sacred in Hindu-majority India, and their slaughter is illegal in most states.
"A cow is not an animal. It is symbol of…
PML-N MNA detained at Lahore Airport
LAHORE: FIA officials stopped a Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) from traveling outside the country, ARY News reported.
Immigration Department of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) stopped the ruling party's MNA Chaudhry Abid Raza from exit, who was traveling to Turkish capital Istanbul. He was denied travel to abroad after 90 minutes of questioning by the investigation authority.
It should be noted that a court had found Raza guilty of the murder of six people in Gujrat in 1998. Anti Terrorism Court, in 2003,…
Turkish prosecutors demand two life terms for Gulen
ISTANBUL: Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday demanded two life sentences and an additional 1,900 years in prison for US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for masterminding last month's failed coup.
Convicts in Kasur child abuse case handed life sentence by ATC
LAHORE: Anti-Terrorism Court on Monday handed life sentence to two convicts in the Kasur child abuse case and imposed fine of Rs. 0.3 million, ARY News reported.
Malala attackers handed life sentence
SWAT: A court handed life sentence to 10 terrorists involved in 2012 attack on child rights activist Malala Yousafzai, ARY News reported on Thursday.
ATC hands life sentence to two TTP men
SARGODHA: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) of Sargodha on Wednesday handed life sentence to two terrorists linked with Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), ARY News reported.
Egypt court sentences Brotherhood leader Badie to life in prison
CAIRO: An Egyptian court sentenced Mohamed Badie, general guide of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, and seven others to life in prison on Saturday for inciting violence during protests last year, judicial sources said.