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US couple detained in Uganda face child trafficking charge

A US couple detained in Uganda on charges of aggravated torture of a 10-year-old boy face an additional charge of aggravated child trafficking which...

3 men handed death penalty on 12 counts, 32 life terms in blast cases

RAWALPINDI: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has handed three men death penalty on 12 counts and 32 life terms in five high-profile cases...

Noor Mukadam’s father demands death penalty for Zahir Jaffer

ISLAMABAD: The father of Noor Mukadam, Shaukat Ali Mukadam, on Saturday appeared before District and Sessions Court Islamabad and demanded capital punishment for Zahir...

Couple assault case: IG Islamabad says culprits may face ‘death penalty’

ISLAMABAD: Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Islamabad, Qazi Jameel-ur-Rehman, said on Thursday that prime suspect Usman Mirza and his accomplices could meet the threshold for...

Two men handed death penalty for raping, filming teenager

Both were also handed life imprisonment and are required to pay a fine of Rs1 million each

Karachi court hands death penalty to woman, accomplice for killing husband

The court also handed down 10-year imprisonment and Rs 300,000 in fine to each of them for committing the heinous act.

NA passes Zainab Alert bill for response, recovery of missing children

A helpline 1099 will be established under the law besides the constitution of an agency to take immediate action after responding complaints about abduction, murder and rape of minor children.

Verdict of Pervez Musharraf’s death penalty challenged in SC

The petitioner said that high treason act did not apply on Pervez Musharraf.

Court awards death penalty to man over murdering his four children

According to the local police, Ayub had locked the children in a room and mercilessly killed them while the children’s mother was not present.

Irfan Qadir expresses qualms over death sentence to Pervez Musharraf

'This verdict will be more controversial as compared to Zulfikar Bhutto case'

ATC hands down death penalty to two in murder case

The convicts had killed a man outside the residence of Justice Zawar Hussain in Karachi, the police said and added that the deceased was reportedly a friend of Hussain's son.

US white supremacist to be executed for 1998 murder of black man

The killing horrified the US public and kindled memories of the era of racist lynchings of African-Americans in the South.

Mashal’s father challenges ATC’s verdict in PHC, seeks death penalty

Mashal Khan’s father on Friday challenged the anti-terrorism court’s verdict in his son’s lynching case in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) and pleaded to turn the convicts’ life imprisonment into death penalty.

Canadian sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling

The ruling will further strain an already tense relationship with Canada in wake of arrest in Vancouver of Meng Wanzhou, chief financial officer of Huawei.

So far 310 terrorists awarded death penalty: ISPR updates on military courts’ performance

RAWALPINDI: Special military courts have so far decided a total of 546 cases out of 717 sent to them for trial by the government,...

Ex-judge sentenced to death in murder case

KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court here on Saturday handed down death penalty to a former district judge, Sikandar Lashari, in a case pertaining to the...

Canada concerned over reported Saudi death sentences for activists

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed concern Thursday over reports that human rights activists in Saudi Arabia face the death penalty. The two countries are locked...

India approves death penalty for rape of girls under 12

NEW DELHI: India’s cabinet on Saturday approved the death penalty for rapists of girls below the age of 12, after Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Indian government considering death penalty for child rapists

NEW DELHI: The Indian government said Friday it is looking to introduce the death penalty for child rapists after nationwide outrage over the brutal...

Trump to champion death penalty for drug dealers

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday will unveil a controversial call for drug traffickers to face the death penalty as part of his...

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