A sessions court has handed down a collective sentence of 14 years to a mugger in cases pertaining to robbery and possession of illicit arms. East Additional Sessions Judge Shahid Ali Memon observed that the prosecution had successfully proved its cases against
LARKANA: The Model Criminal Trial Court Qambar-Shahdadkot on 9th May handed down life imprisonment sentence to an accused after he proved guilty of subjecting a minor boy to rape. The judge Tariq Bhatti, who also heads special court for gender-based violence, also
A model court has sentenced a woman and her friend to life imprisonment for the murder of her husband in 2017. Fouzia and Talha were found guilty of strangling her husband Allauddin to death at their house within the limits of the
The Sindh High Court has dismissed the bail application of two men in a doctor murder case. The applicants, Asif Gul Masih and Syed Abu Bakar Shah, were arrested in connection with the murder of a doctor. According to the prosecution, the
The Sindh High Court has dismissed the bail application of a man involved in the murder case of an educationist and directed the trial court to decide the case within three months. Arsalan was booked by police for facilitating the murder of
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the rights of widows are not acts of state generosity, but legal entitlements rooted in constitutional guarantees, statutory protections and evolving judicial principles. “Widows, like all citizens, are entitled to employment, dignity, equality, and
A model court on 21-April-2025 sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for murdering his wife by dousing her with petrol and setting her ablaze after an argument over her missing earring six years ago. Additional Sessions Judge Ameeruddin of the
WOMEN make up only two percent of the police force across Pakistan. Considering they constitute around half of the total population, this stark underrepresentation highlights a significant gender disparity in the country’s law enforcement. A 2024 report by the Social Development Organisation
LAST year, the Supreme Court of Pakistan affirmed that a woman is entitled to dissolve her marriage on the grounds that her husband, without her permission, married another woman. Recently, the Council of Islamic Ideology released a statement rejecting this decision, asserting that it
LAST week in Islamabad, something rare happened. Judges, police officers, prosecutors, lawyers, policymakers, and rights experts gathered: not in the usual posture of mutual suspicion or institutional self-preservation, but in a shared moment of reckoning. Hosted by the National Commission for Human