death penalty

Perpetrators were brought before a competent court, found guilty, and subsequently sentenced to death

Presented by JI, piece of legislation sought public execution of rapists, sex offenders

Murder convict gets death penalty

Court hands down dual death sentences to Aqeel Kamal, along with fine of Rs0.5 million

Coinciding with World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10

Judge says seriousness of this crime strikes at the very core of public safety and security

The accused were sentenced to death by the military court on charges of terrorism

NA also approves Foreign Investment (Promotion and Protection) Amendment Bill 2022

Locals told the police that the accused killed his wife and her alleged partner at his house

Chandio said the death penalty also denied the right to life enshrined in the constitution

Convict had kidnapped two children, stabbed the boy, abused, killed the girl

Saipov, Uzbek national, pleaded not guilty to a 28-count indictment including for providing material support to Dai’sh

Islamabad to seek some waiver from EU regarding ratification of new protocols

Fine of Rs210,000 has been imposed on each of the three accused which will be paid to the heirs of the deceased

Law ministry in its Criminal Law Reforms has proposed two amendments

The country has seen a surge of sexual crimes, with around 1,000 incidents reported between January and September

Apex court evolves jurisprudence through its various rulings

Saturday’s demonstrations sparked by a video of a group of men stripping and attacking a woman for almost half an hour

Farogh Naseem says capital punishment is awarded only under exceptional circumstances

Teenager was sentenced in 1999, co-accused got 10-year jail terms

Approves amendments on child protection law, to be tabled in K-P Assembly

Satoshi Uematsu, a former care home employee, did not dispute his involvement in the 2016 stabbing rampage

Says Friday resolution violates SC orders and international conventions

Rape of 23-year old student on moving bus led to tough new laws against sexual violence

Senate panel reviews Section 3 of PPC and proposed amendment

He will face the death penalty if he is convicted

Figures on violence are difficult to come by, particularly intimate partner violence

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is expected to strengthen his grip on power in midterm polls

Decision to temporarily suspend death penalty taken in view of sanctity of the holy month

The notion of capital punishment is difficult to support given the history of executions in Pakistan

Lower courts continue to apply decades-old precedent under which death was normal punishment

Laws are being amended to ostensibly favour personal agendas and vendettas

Cabinet gives counter terrorism depts powers to investigate money laundering cases

Court awards seven year jail term to other co-accused

Court acquits other co-accused giving him benefit of doubt

The execution occurred after the country's highest court denied a request for a stay of execution

Despite international criticism Japan is one of the very few developed nations to retain death penalty

FO spokesperson issues a clarification that Pakistan had not voted in favour of the UN resolution

NCHR believes it is not safe to implement death sentences under current system

FO spokesperson says Islamabad voted against UNGA resolution seeking abolition of capital punishment

Court tells govt lawyer to submit replies on other pleas of families on Dec 31

Miller was sentenced to death in 1982 and again in 1987 after state supreme court ordered another trial

Verdict of death penalty commuted to life imprisonment in case of minor’s murder

After a murder in Naushera Warkan

Iran has the highest known figure of death sentences carried in 2017 with at least 507 people put to death

Notices issued to interior secretary, Kohat internment centre in charge

Mussarat Cheema also submits resolution in Punjab Assembly commending NAB

Convicts had killed couple for marrying of their own will

The cleric was among more than 20 people arrested in September 2017 in a widening crackdown on dissent

Ubaid K2 aquitted in policeman murder case