Tag: Death Penalty
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CM Gandapur wants death penalty for Ice drug peddlers
Chief Minister of KP Ali Amin Gandapur appeared in an interview with journalist Hamid Mir and spoke against the dangers of the drug ice, aka crystal meth, mostly used by young students. The KP CM said that he would soon “introduce the death penalty for this drug.” Gandapur remarked, “This drug is destroying our nation…
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Iran executed ‘staggering total’ of 834 people last year, say rights groups
Iran executed a “staggering” total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic Republic, two rights groups said Tuesday. The number of executions, which Iran has carried out by hanging in recent years, was up some 43 percent on 2022. It marked only the…
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Shahnawaz given death penalty for murdering Sarah Inam
Sarah Inam’s husband Shahnawaz Amir, son of renowned journalist Ayyaz Amir has been sentenced to death for murdering his wife. Session Judge Nasir Javed announced the verdict, fining the convict Rs10 lac as well. Shahnawaz’s mother Samina Shah has been acquitted for lack of proof as compliant to the murder, reports Geo. Sarah’s lawyer demanded…
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Senate approves bill for public hanging of rapists despite opposition
A Senate committee has passed an amended bill for the public hanging of rapists despite strong opposition from Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), interior and foreign affairs ministries. The bill, proposed by Senator Mushtaq Ahmed of Jamaat-i-Islami, aims to amend sections 375, 375A, and 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and Schedule II of the…
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Hafizabad Court sentenced a father for raping her daughter
The district and sessions court in Hafizabad, Punjab, announced the death penalty to a father for raping his daughter, along with a fine of 0.5 million,, reports Daily Pakistan. According to details, the man was proven guilty on Wednesday by the court, after the paternal grandfather of the victim approached law enforcement personnel and registered…
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VIDEO: Musharraf terms death penalty verdict as ‘personal vendetta’
Former military ruler General (r) Pervez Musharraf has said that the special court’s death sentence verdict against him was based on “personal vendetta”. Musharraf in a recent video message released on Wednesday said, “I heard the special court’s verdict against me on television,” adding that “There is no example of such a verdict in the…
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Death Penalty: Timeline of Musharraf’s high treason case
The special court on Tuesday handed over the death sentence to the former military dictator General (r) Pervez Musharraf after analysing the complaints, records, arguments and facts in the case for three months. The court ruled that it found Musharraf guilty of high treason according to Article 6 of the constitution. The special bench hearing…