Pakistan court News
A case was filed under Blasphemy laws against Shaughta Karan, accused of sharing derogatory material about the Prophet of Islam in a WhatsApp group in September 2020.
The 71-year-old Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party founder has been in jail since August last year after being convicted in some of the nearly 200 cases slapped on him since his ouster in April 2022.
The Lahore Police has also booked former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in a case regarding the death of a party activist.
Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif's son Suleman has been declared a 'proclaimed offender' in a money laundering case
FIA had booked Shehbaz and his sons Hamza and Suleman in November 2020
Arrest warrants were issued for Suleman and Naqvi on May 28
A top Pakistani court on Friday granted bail to a man accused of kidnapping a Hindu girl from a busy area in the Peshawar Cantonment last month, citing a lack of strong evidence.
The Peshawar High Court has directed the Sikhs living in Pakistan to possess a renewable license for wearing kirpan in the court and government departments.
Sindh High Court has reprimanded the Imran Khan government for showing disinterest in the cases of missing persons
The court said that it is alarming that no legislation has been passed in respect of criminality for those involved in carrying out enforced disappearance
The hearing has now been adjourned till April 20
Following the Palwama terror attack in February 2019, Pakistan's Punjab police had launched a crackdown on terrorism financing and arrested six militants of the JeM in Gujranwala, some 130 kms from Lahore. Azhar is facing the trial in this case.
The conviction was hailed as "ground-breaking" by British authorities who aided the trial.
The Pakistan-based JuD chief, who continues to remain under arrest, has pleaded not guilty in the case.
Asia Bibi, a farm worker, was convicted in 2010 of making derogatory remarks about Islam.
Both Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz have been lodged in high-security Adiala Central Jail near Islamabad.
There seems to be no end to the woes of former Navy commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, who is on death row in Pakistan. Jadhav, who was in 2017 convicted and sentenced to death by a military tribunal in Pakistan on spying charges, is now facing trial for terrorism and sabotage.
JuD chief has been under house arrest since January.
The order for his release was passed by Pakistan's Judicial Review Board.
The US has declared a USD 10 million bounty for Hafiz Saeed.
Sharif had gone to London last month to be with his ailing wife Kulsoom Nawaz who is battling throat cancer.
Last week, the court had indicted Sharif and his daughter over allegations linked to ownership of London properties, opening a trial that could see the former leader jailed.
LHC Chief Justice Syed Mansoor Ali dismissed the petition, observing "the matter raised by the petitioner is not justifiable before the court and falls within the domain of politics".
Musharraf, who left Pakistan for Dubai in March for what was described as urgent medical treatment, is facing a string of court cases connected to his 1999 to 2008 rule.
Advocate Abdul Hameed filed the petition today in the Lahore High Court on the ground that "innocent" people were killed in Kashmir on the "orders" of PM Modi.
72-year-old Musharraf last month flew to Dubai for purported treatment after the Supreme Court lifted bars on his foreign trips.
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