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Qureshi says he was ‘tortured physically and mentally’ as court sends him to jail on remand:

Report in Pakistan Today, Dec 29, 2023RAWALPINDI: The court of a judicial magistrate on Thursday rejected the police request for a 30-day physical remand of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Vice Chairman Shah Mahmood Qureshi and sent him to jail on Judicial remand in 12 cases registered against him following May 9 riots. Qureshi was presented before Duty Magistrate Syed Jahangir Ali’s court in the GHQ attack case under strict security. At the outset of the hearing,…

Christian community moves LHC against police pressure to reach compromise

by Rana Yasif in The Express Tribune, Aug 27, 2023LAHORE: The Christian community moved the Lahore High Court (LHC) on Saturday against being pressurised by police officials to reach a compromise in the Jaranwala rampage case, requesting for a judicial inquiry committee to be formed to fairly investigate the incident. In a petition filed through advocate Shahbaz Fazal Saroya, petitioner Peter Charles, chairman of Grace Bible Fellowship Church Pakistan, also informed the court of the…

Islamabad court sends Ali Wazir on judicial remand in rioting case

by Umer Burney in Dawn, August 23rd, 2023An Islamabad court on Tuesday granted a post-arrest bail to human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir while it sent former lawmaker Ali Wazir on a 14-day judicial remand in a case pertaining to rioting and unlawul assembly. Wazir was arrested on Saturday, while Imaan was picked up from her home in the early hours of Sunday. A pair of first information reports (FIR) were registered against the two…

District court orders arrest of judge accused in marital rape:

By Manoj Paudel in The Kathmandu Post, April 06, 2023The writer is the Kapilvastu correspondent for Kantipur Publications.The Kapilvastu District Court has issued an arrest warrant against Judge Bhuwan Giri, who is now working at the Judicial Council in Kathmandu. A month ago, Giri’s wife had registered a complaint at the Kapilvastu District Police Office against the judge, accusing the latter of marital rape, following which the district court on Monday issued the arrest warrant.…

Gruesome killing: edit in The Express Tribune, Jan 17, 2023

Peshawar witnessed another gruesome killing on Monday. The murder of senior lawyer Latif Afridi under the writ of judicial hammer inside the premises of the court is pathetic. It is a serious security lapse, and many heads must roll. It also proved how daredevils are unscrupulous elements who feel free to execute their nefarious plans — and that too unmindful of heavy law-enforcement presence and under stringent security. The former president of the Supreme Court…

Two Chinese charged with trafficking Nepali girls to Laos sent to judicial custody

report in The Himalayan Time, Dec 23, 2022Two Chinese nationals who had been living in Nepal in the guise of tourists have been sent to judicial custody on the charge of trafficking Nepali girls aged between 19 and 22 in Laos and forcing them to indulge in illegal cyber businesses. Kathmandu District Court issuing an order sent Chen Yang, 30, a permanent resident of Sichuan, China and Ruan Chaohong, 33, of Fujian China to prison…