The Senate on Monday approved the Criminal Laws Amendment Bill 2017, which seeks an increase in the punishment for those arrested for inciting disturbances in public spaces while under the influence, DawnNews reported...
"The current punishment [for such conduct] is not sufficient...
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Friday challenged the verdict of an anti-terrorism court in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, arguing that the two guilty policemen as well as the five men acquitted of all charges deserve capital punishment...
Last month, ATC had announced the verdict in the murder case, acquitting five Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) suspects — Rafaqat Hussain, Husnain Gul, Sher Zaman, Rashid Ahmed and Aitzaz...
PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Pervez Khattak said on Thursday that the provincial government was focusing on improvement of quality of education and for this purpose it had introduced a policy of reward and punishment based on performance...
Speaking at the ‘Best Performing Principals, Headmasters and Teachers Incentive Awards’ ceremony here, he said that introduction of reward and punishment policy had resulted in increased enrolment and...
Senator Dr Karim Khawaja on Monday tabled the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2017 in Senate, demanding an end to punishment for attempted suicide...
Khawaja had argued that people who try to take their lives need help, not punishment...
MORATORIUM on capital punishment, imposed since 2008, was lifted for terrorism-related cases this year, but most of the those executed were not guilty of terrorism...
The method used in Pakistan is hanging which, in my view, is very cruel and agonising...
ISLAMABAD: In its detailed order over fine of Rs7 million and ban of five years on Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar by the Pakistan Cricket Board, the Lahore High Court set aside the punishment and declared it to be without lawful authority and of no legal effect, Dawn learnt here on Wednesday...
On March 24, 2008 he received another notice asking him to appear before the disciplinary committee of the PCB on April 1, 2008 and he...
LAHORE: Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif has directed that sale of substandard, haram (forbidden) and unhygienic meat shall not be tolerated and the elements involved in this heinous trade should be awarded maximum punishment...
Chairing a meeting here on Friday, he also issued instructions for making legislation for declaring the sale of haram and substandard meat as well as dead and unhealthy animals as non-bailable offence and...
However, the court said that the record and proceedings of the case were to be submitted to the high court for confirmation of capital punishment as required under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure...
Around 88 students studying in class VI and VII were subjected to the worst humiliation as a punishment for allegedly writing vulgar remarks against the head teacher...
A civil judge in Dadu ordered a man found guilty of selling drugs to sweep and pray five times a day at a mosque in Benazirabad as punishment for one year...
The appeals, filed by Barrister Latif Khosa on behalf of PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari, ask the court to announce a punishment for retired Gen Pervez Musharraf in accordance with the ATC verdict...
The appeal points out that punishment for murder in the Constitution is death sentence and therefore, the police officers should be given the same...
A nine-year-old boy died in Abbottabad after being brutally tortured, allegedly by a landlord who reportedly tied the boy to a donkey and made it run into the field, thus dragging the boy along which resulted in his death...
The incident occurred in the village Kangar Mera area in the jurisdiction of Lora police station on Wednesday, police officials said
Surely Unilever could serve the film industry of Pakistan better by diverting some of this gigantic red carpet budget to actual film production...
DERA MURAD JAMALI: A student of Class-III on Friday lost his life reportedly because of corporal punishment by his teacher...
The APS Shuhada Forum on Tuesday filed a writ petition in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) seeking trial and sentencing of Ehsanullah Ehsan, former spokesperson of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), for his involvement in the 2014 terrorist attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School (APS) which left 144 students and staff dead...
Khan named various parties as respondents in the writ, such as Government of Pakistan, Government of...