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383. Extortion: Extortion occurs when a person intentionally instills fear of harm in another individual to dishonestly obtain property, valuable securities, or documents that can be transformed into valuable securities. This includes threats such as defamation, kidnapping, or property damage. 384. Punishment for extortion:
Violence against women in Pakistan, particularly intimate partner violence and sexual violence, is a major public health problem and a violation of women's human rights in Pakistan. [18] [19] Women in Pakistan mainly encounter violence by being forced into marriage, through workplace sexual harassment, domestic violence and by honour killings. [19]
The Hudud Ordinances are laws in Pakistan enacted in 1979 as part of the Islamization of Pakistan by Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, the sixth president of Pakistan.It replaced parts of the British-era Pakistan Penal Code, adding new criminal offences of adultery and fornication, and new punishments of whipping, amputation, and stoning to death.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Pakistan. Although there have been numerous amendments to the Constitution, there is yet to be a provision prohibiting the death penalty as a punitive remedy. Although there have been numerous amendments to the Constitution, there is yet to be a provision prohibiting the death penalty as a punitive remedy.
Apr. 16—WATERTOWN — The two men in Pakistan who were arrested after allegedly extorting a teenager from St. Lawrence County admitted their guilt to authorities, according to reports in Asia.
Pakistani gangs are active in the United Kingdom, as well as several Scandinavian countries to a lesser extent, more closely resembling strictly organized crime groups. [21] Great Britain -based Pakistani organized crime groups are mostly known for drug trafficking , mainly heroin , gunrunning , and other criminal activities.
MQM made use of its violent control over the economy not just through profits from extortion, but also an organized strategy of intimidation to enforce "strikes", pen-downs, tool downs (a.k.a. down tools), and shutdowns of the entire economic hub in Karachi, which essentially used the city's economy as a hostage from the rest of Pakistan, to ...
Yusuf Raza Gilani: In 2012, the Supreme Court of Pakistan found former Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani in contempt of court due to his refusal to reopen corruption cases against the president. As a symbolic punishment, he was subjected to a brief detention within the courtroom. [1]