Chakwal court awards death sentence to three over gang rape of child after abduction
- 20-Sep-2025
Chakwal: A local court of Chakwal on Saturday sentenced death penalty to three persons after they were found guilty of a gang rape of a child and after abduction. The verdict was pronounced by additional session Judge Amir Mukthar Gonal. The court has given the sentence of hanging till death to all three convicted, Hameed […]
Jaranwala incident: Main accused sentenced to death for blasphemy
- 19-Apr-2025
FAISALABAD: A special court has sentenced the main accused in the Jaranwala riots case to death for blasphemy, ARY News reported on Saturday. After a two-year trial, the court found Pervaiz guilty of blasphemy. In addition to the death sentence, he was also sentenced to life imprisonment and fined Rs 3.5 million. The special court […]
Alipur massacre: Man gets multiple death sentences for brutal family murder
- 30-Nov-2024
ALIPUR: A man has been sentenced to death eight times for the brutal murder of his wife and seven children in Alipur Tehsil of Muzaffargarh District, ARY News reported. According to reports, the horrific incident occurred in April 2024, on the second day of Eid, when the accused, identified as Sajjad Khokhar, killed his wife […]
SC announces opinion on Zulfikar Ali Bhutto reference case
- 06-Mar-2024
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Wednesday announced its reserved opinion on the presidential reference against the ‘controversial’ death sentence awarded to Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, saying that the former prime minister Bhutto did not get a chance to a “fair trial”, ARY News reported. Headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa, […]
Karachi anti-narcotics court awards death sentence to drug smuggler
- 17-Jan-2024
KARACHI: An anti-narcotics court on Wednesday handed death sentence to accused in a bid to smuggle drugs, ARY News reported. The anti-narcotics court announced death sentence to accused Qamar Mehmood after prosecution proved the case of hiding drugs in tractor tyres to smuggle outside the country. The court acquitted co-accused Ateeq Rehman in the case. […]
Shahnawaz Amir gets death sentence in Sara Inam murder case
- 14-Dec-2023
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad on Thursday handed down the death penalty to Shahnawaz Amir in Sara Inam murder case, ARY News reported. Sarah, a Canadian national, was allegedly murdered by Shahnawaz, her husband and son of renowned journalist Ayaz Amir, in Islamabad a year ago. Sessions Judge Nasir Javaid Rana announced […]
SC adjourns Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s death sentence hearing till Jan 2024
- 12-Dec-2023
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday adjourned hearing a long-pending presidential reference seeking to revisit the 1979 controversial death sentence awarded to former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, ARY News reported. A nine-member larger apex court bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa and including Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, […]
SC to hear Musharraf’s plea against death sentence posthumously
- 11-Nov-2023
ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court in a written order on Saturday approved appeal of Pervez Musharraf against death sentence verdict, ARY News reported. The court will conduct posthumous hearing of the appeal of Musharraf on November 21, according to the court order. “Appeal is right of every convict, fixing the appeal for hearing after three years eight […]
Child rapist, murderer awarded three death sentences in Peshawar
- 19-Oct-2023
PESHAWAR: A Child Protection Court on Thursday awarded three death sentences to a man for sexually abusing and killing a child in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported. Child Protection Court Judge Hina Mehwish heard the case of killing an eight-year-old girl after rape. The case was registered against Asif Raza on October 18, 2020, […]
Noor Mukadam murder: Zahir Jaffer moves SC against death penalty
- 16-Apr-2023
ISLAMABAD: Zahir Jaffer, who was convicted for the murder of Noor Mukadam, has moved Supreme Court (SC) against Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) verdict, upholding his death sentence, ARY News reported on Sunday. The convict has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court (SC) against his death sentence, contending that the trial and high court could […]