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Man’s body found hanging from bridge in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: In a shocking incident, a man’s body was found hanging from a bridge in Islamabad, ARY News reported on Monday, citing police. The body...

Viral video: Thief caught by people left hanging outside moving train

A video of an alleged thief hanging outside a fast-moving train in India is going viral on social media. In the viral video from September...

Viral: Man hangs from balcony after quarrel with wife

A video of a man from Ghaziabad hanging from the balcony of his house after a quarrel with his wife has gone viral.  The man...

Chemical examination of Dr Nosheen’s body found no traces of poison  

LARKANA: A chemical examination of the body of Dr Nosheen Kazmi, whose body was found hanging in the girls' hostel of Chandka Medical College...

Man arrested after cat found hanging upside down in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad police on Sunday arrested a man who killed a cat and hung upside down in the Lohi Bher area of the federal...

Improving justice system, not hanging to minimize rape cases: Fawad Chaudhry  

Only five percent of convictions have been made in the rape cases, said the federal minister.

Six-year-old boy hanging upside down in lake rescued

Emergency medical services (EMS) rescued a six-year-old boy hanging upside down in a lake in Maryland. His head ended up partially in the water and he was close to drowning in the lake when the rescue team reached there.

Years after his hanging, Saddam Hussein mystery lives on

AL-AWJAH, IRAQ: In his native village of Al-Awjah, the mausoleum of Iraq’s executed dictator Saddam Hussein has been reduced to broken concrete and tangled...

Syria carried out mass hangings at military prison – Amnesty International

DAMASCUS: The Syrian government has executed thousands of prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at a military jail near Damascus, rights...

Human rights group urges Pakistan not to hang mentally ill man

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan must not hang a mentally ill man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, a rights group said Friday, after a court issued a warrant for his execution next week.

Iran says 20 ‘terrorists’ executed in single day

TEHRAN, IRAN: The country has executed a group of 20 "terrorist" Sunni prisoners for committing several murders and undermining national security, state media reported on Thursday.

Murder convict hanged in Haripur jail

HARIPUR: A death row prisoner, convicted of murder, was executed in Haripur central jail on Thursday morning, ARY News reported.

Protests erupt in different cities after Mumtaz Qadri’s hanging

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: The religious parties took to the streets on Monday in different cities against execution of Mumtaz Qadri, killer of governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer, prompting authorities to beef up security across major spots.

Islamabad Bar calls Qadri’s execution “a judicial murder” and observes strike

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Bar Association has announced to observe strike and not attend courts against execution of Mumtaz Qadri, killer of governor Punjab Salmaan Taseer.

Disabled man set for scaffold as Pakistan nears 300th execution

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is set to execute a disabled man as activists said it was nearing its 300th hanging in under a year, with Amnesty slamming Islamabad Tuesday for "shamefully sealing its place among the world's worst executioners".

Triple murder convict hanged in Sahiwal

SAHIWAL: Triple murder convict Akram, who was on death row, was hanged in the early hours of Saturday morning.

HRCP for stay in hanging of a disabled man

LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has called upon the President of Pakistan to stay the hanging of Abdul Basit, a paraplegic man, which is scheduled for Tuesday (Sept 22) and grant him reprieve, according to a press statement.

Shafqat Hussain to be taken to gallows on Tuesday

KARACHI: Shafqat Hussain, a convicted killer of a child, is scheduled to be taken to gallows tomorrow [Tuesday], ARY News reported.

Indians divided over Yakub Memon's hanging — mixed reaction on Twitter

MUMBAI: India hanged Yakub Memon on Thursday for his role in the country's deadliest bombings, which killed 257 people in Mumbai in 1993, after the Supreme Court threw out his final plea for a stay of execution.

Executions toll rises to 162 as 7 more death row prisoners sent to the gallows

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.

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