FIA suspends two officers, registers case over incident in Karachi’s Sarafa Bazaar – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Karachi Zone on Tuesday suspended two officers and registered a case against a private individual over a recent raid on a jewellery shop in the metropolis’s Sarafa Bazaar. The development came days after FIA Director General Dr Usman Anwar took notice of the incident and demanded a full inquiry, […]
Islamabad court hands death sentence to convict in Sana Yousaf murder case – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad court on Monday sentenced to death the main suspect in the murder case of 17-year-old TikTok influencer Sana Yousaf. Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka announced the verdict, also handing him a 10-year prison sentence and imposing a fine of Rs2 million on him. Last year, Umar Hayat — son of a retired government […]
Social media posts case: IHC raises objections over failure to submit certified copies of SC order – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday raised objections over the non-submission of certified copies of Supreme Court orders during the hearing of miscellaneous petitions seeking early hearing of appeals filed by convicted human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in the controversial social media posts case. Justice Muhammad Azam Khan […]
Court sentences Umar Hayat to death in Sana Yousaf murder case
Convict had retracted confession yesterday, alleging false implication under pressure from victim’s TikTok followers ISLAMABAD: An Islamabad court on Tuesday announced the verdict in the Sana Yousaf murder case, sentencing Umar Hayat, to death. On Monday, Hayat refused to accept his confessional statement given before the magistrate, saying that he did not even know what a confessional […]
Anmol alias Pinky alleges pressure to ‘take names’ as court extends physical remand in murder case – Pakistan
KARACHI: Alleged drug queenpin Anmol alias Pinky on Monday alleged she was facing pressure “to take names” as she was remanded into police custody for another four days in connection with a murder case. Anmol was arrested last week from her apartment in Karachi in connection with two cases pertaining to the possession of narcotics […]
Karachi court extends Anmol alias Pinky’s physical remand in murder case by 4 days – Pakistan
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Monday extended the physical remand of alleged drug queenpin Anmol alias Pinky by four days in connection with a murder case. Anmol was arrested last week from her apartment in Karachi in connection with two cases pertaining to the possession of narcotics and an unlicenced weapon. She was already booked […]
Karachi court reserves verdict on police request for Anmol alias Pinky’s physical remand in murder case – Pakistan
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Monday reserved its verdict on a police request seeking the physical remand of alleged drug queenpin Anmol alias Pinky in connection with a murder case. Anmol was arrested last week from her apartment in Karachi in connection with two cases pertaining to the possession of narcotics and an unlicenced weapon. […]
Alleged drug queenpin Anmol remanded into police custody till May 22 in narcotics case – Pakistan
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Saturday remanded alleged drug queenpin Anmol alias Pinky in police custody till May 22 in a narcotics case registered against her. Anmol was arrested earlier this week from her apartment in Karachi in connection with two cases pertaining to the possession of narcotics and an unlicenced weapon. She was already […]
Indian magnate Adani agrees multi-million-dollar penalty in US court case
Penalty payment comes as US prosecutors are reported to be set to drop charges against Adani Indian billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani has agreed to pay a multi-million-dollar settlement in a US civil court case linked to corruption without admitting guilt, his company said Friday. The November 2024 indictment in New York accused the industrialist and […]
SC overturns its own conviction of ex-minister Anwar Saifullah in graft case – Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday overturned its own 2016 judgement convicting former federal minister for petroleum and natural resources Anwar Saifullah in a corruption reference, observing that an appellate court should not substitute its own view merely because another conclusion on the same evidence was possible. “Where a trial court has convicted an accused, […]