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Pakistan court adjourns hearing in treason case against Musharraf as government fails to appoint defence lawyer
World | Jul 24, 2019, 11:42 AM ISTThe hearing in a high treason case against Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf has been adjourned for a month by a special court after the government failed to appoint a defence counsel to represent Pakistan's former military dictator, according to a media report on Wednesday.
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Pakistan court sentences three Jaish-e-Mohammad activists for terror funding
World | Jun 01, 2019, 01:21 PM ISTThe Anti-Terrorism Court found the trio guilty in three separate cases on Friday after funds collected for the militant outfit were recovered from them.
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Pakistan court adjourns hearing in treason case against Musharraf till June 12
World | May 02, 2019, 03:00 PM ISTThe former president's lawyer Salman Safdar, in an application on behalf of Musharraf, stated that despite strong willingness and eagerness to return to Pakistan, the life-threatening ailments and medical complications have forced him not to appear before the special court.
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No relief for Nawaz Sharif as Pakistan court rejects bail plea in corruption case
World | Feb 25, 2019, 04:38 PM ISTSharif, 69, has been serving a seven-year jail term in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case.
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26/11 case: Pak court issues notice to interior ministry to produce Indian witnesses
World | Jun 28, 2018, 06:05 PM ISTThe 2008 Mumbai attack case has entered into the 10th year but none of its suspects in Pakistan is punished, indicating this case had never been in the priority list of the country that appears to be keen to put it under the carpet.
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Pakistan court issues notice to PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi for making anti-judiciary speech
India | Jan 13, 2018, 05:29 PM ISTAdvocate Azhar Siddiqi filed the petition in the Lahore High Court, stating that Abbasi's comments on the judgement amounts to committing contempt of court, Dawn News reported.
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Will acquit you if you embrace Islam: Pak public prosecutor tells 42 Christians accused of murder
World | Mar 30, 2017, 02:00 PM ISTA public prosecutor in Lahore has asked 42 Christians, facing trial in an anti-terrorism court over lynching of two men, that he ‘can guarantee their acquittal’ if they renounce their faith and ‘embrace Islam’.
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Pakistan’s Lahore HC allows private channels to air Indian films on TV
Bollywood | Feb 14, 2017, 01:06 PM ISTA Pakistani court has yesterday given permission to private television channels, having valid licences, to screen Indian films as per their terms of agreements with Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA). The order was issued
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26/11 accused Lakhvi to be tried for abetment to murder, rules Pak court
World | May 20, 2016, 07:09 PM ISTan anti-terrorism court of Pakistan has ruled that commander of operations of the Lashkar-e-Toiba Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and six others accused in the 2008 attack case will individually be charged for the abetment to murder of each of the 166 people w
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Pakistan court issues arrest warrant against Musharraf for cleric's murder
World | Feb 21, 2016, 07:38 AM ISTIslamabad: A Pakistan court today issued a non-bailable warrant against former Pakistan President and retired army general Pervez Mushrraf in relation to a case of the murder of Lal Masjid cleric Abdul Rashid Ghazi.Rejecting Musharraf's
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'Girlfriend culture' against Islam, says Pakistani Supreme Court
World | Nov 20, 2015, 11:09 AM ISTIslamabad: Ruling that a "girlfriend culture" has no place in an Islamic society, Pakistan's Supreme Court has rejected the bail plea of a man held under cyber crime laws for allegedly creating a Facebook account
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Pakistan court orders Lakhvi be freed, India protests
World | Dec 29, 2014, 10:45 PM ISTIslamabad/New Delhi: The Islamabad High Court Monday ordered conditional release of Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attack, drawing strong protests from India, which summoned the Pakistani envoy to "convey concern"
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Legal loopholes led to Lakhvi's bail: Pakistan court
World | Dec 27, 2014, 12:05 PM ISTIslamabad: Legal loopholes in the Mumbai terror attack case led to the granting of bail to its alleged mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) stated here in a written order.The order added that
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Pakistan court orders arrest of two opposition leaders
World | Nov 13, 2014, 07:30 AM ISTIslamabad: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Wednesday issued arrest warrants against two opposition leaders over attacks on the state television and the parliament house.The court issued the warrants against Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran
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Pakistan court admits petition seeking Nawaz Sharif's disqualification on money laundering charges
World | Oct 21, 2014, 11:26 PM ISTLahore: A petition seeking disqualification of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on money laundering charges has been admitted by a court here for hearing, 23 years after it was filed.A Lahore High Court comprising Justice
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Pakistan court summons witnesses in Sarabjit Singh murder case
World | Sep 11, 2014, 08:14 AM ISTLahore: A Pakistani court on Wednesday summoned prosecution witnesses in the murder case of Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh who was killed in a brutal assault by other inmates in a high-security jail here last year.The
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Pakistan court dismisses plea seeking disqualification of Nawaz Sharif
World | Sep 03, 2014, 02:11 PM ISTLahore: A Pakistani court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for ‘lying to the nation' over inviting Army Chief Gen Raheel Sharif to help resolve the ongoing crisis in
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Imran Khan launches his "Azadi March' from Lahore
World | Aug 14, 2014, 04:58 PM ISTIslamabad/Lahore: Thousands of anti-government protesters, ecouraged by a last-minute court verdict allowing peaceful demonstrations, began their march today from Lahore to Islamabad as the fear of violence gripped Pakistan's capital which has been turned into
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26/11 attacks case: Ajmal Kasab's statement submitted in Pak court
World | Jun 11, 2014, 10:23 PM ISTLahore: The English translation of Ajmal Kasab's statement was today submitted in a Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court conducting the trial of the seven accused in the 2008 Mumbai attack that had claimed 166 lives. Head of
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26/11 attacks: Trial in Pakistan adjourned till Jun 11
World | Jun 05, 2014, 05:06 PM ISTLahore: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court trying the seven accused in the 2008 Mumbai attacks case has adjourned the hearing till June 11 after prosecution lawyers failed to turn up for the second time in a