Lahore, April 1 An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has sentenced an Al-Qaeda operative to 33 years in prison for planning an attack in a busy marketplace in the Punjab province, the Counter Terrorism Department said on Wednesday.The Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said that it arrested...
Quetta, March 18 – The Baloch Yakjehti Committee, a human rights organization, held a seminar in Karachi, highlighting the dire human rights situation across Balochistan and the "arbitrary detention" of its chief organizer, Mahrang Baloch, and other leaders.According to the rights body, the...
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Quetta, March 17 – A leading Pakistani human rights organization expressed serious concerns on Tuesday regarding the continued detention and ongoing trials of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders, including Mahrang Baloch, who have been in custody for nearly a year while facing "multiple...
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Peshawar, March 11 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi was formally named in a chargesheet submitted at a court in Pakistan in a case related to the May 9, 2023 attack on the Radio Pakistan building here.The chargesheet submitted at the Anti-terrorism Court here against Afridi and...
Islamabad, March 10 – The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has condemned the sentencing of 47 party leaders and supporters to 10-year imprisonment on terrorism charges in absentia, calling it a "political vendetta." A report details that this occurred after Judge Amjad Ali Shah of the Anti-Terrorism...
Islamabad, March 7 An anti-terrorism court on Saturday sentenced 47 leaders and supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to 10 years in prison and a fine of PKR 500,000 each, in absentia, for vandalism and violence during the May 9, 2023, protest.The nationwide protest was launched by...