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The Mubarak Sani case (Urdu: مبارک ثانی کیس) involves Mubarak Sani, a member of Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the Government of Punjab, Pakistan. [1] The case revolves around blasphemy allegations linked to Sani's publication and distribution of the Tafsir-i Saghir , an interpretation of the Quran .
[26] [27] [28] The appeal was heard on September 14, 2022 by Islamabad High Court judges Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq. [ 29 ] [ 27 ] On March 13, 2023, the High Court judges upheld the original sentences of Zahir, Iftikhar, and Jan, while also increasing Zahir's life sentence for raping Noor to death sentence. [ 30 ]
Federation of Pakistan, PLD 2024 SC 337 (commonly referred to as the military courts case), is a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan in which it was held that the Constitution of Pakistan does not allow for the court-martial of civilians. The case concerned the constitutionality of military courts set up to try protestors accused ...
The perpetrator becomes the champion of justice while the victim becomes the perpetrator and is accused of the criminal act. Human rights advocates are in wide agreement that the reported cases do not reflect the full extent of the issue, as honour killings have a high level of support in Pakistan's rural society, and thus often go unreported.
On 24 January 2019, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court declared Naqeebullah and the three other persons murdered with him as innocent. [24] On remand from the court, 13 police officials were imprisoned, but 7 suspects including Rao Anwar were granted bail. [9] Anwar's trial began in 2020 [40] and he was acquitted by the courts in January 2023. [41]
Two appeals were filed in the case, one by Miss Asma Jilani in the Punjab High Court for the release of her father Malik Ghulam Jilani, and the other by Mrs Zarina Gohar in the Sindh High Court for the release of her husband Altaf Gohar under Article 98 of the Constitution of Pakistan 1962. The detention of Malik Ghulam Jilani and Altaf Gohar ...
Qayyum was the subject of controversy as a judge of the Lahore High Court.During Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's recommend term in office (1997–99), the then Chief of Ehtesab [Accountability] Cell, Saif ur Rehman, filed cases against members of the Pakistan Peoples Party [PPP], including high-profile cases of alleged corruption by former premier Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari ...
On 26 March 2024, six judges of the Islamabad High Court, including Sattar, wrote a letter to the Supreme Judicial Council of Pakistan, alleging interference by the Inter-Services Intelligence in judicial matters. They cited instances of pressure on judges through the abduction and torture of their relatives and secret surveillance within their ...