PESHAWAR: An Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) on Saturday defers Mashal Khan case verdict till March 21. In Mashal Khan lynching case 61 suspects were charged to lynch Mashal Khan in Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan (AWKUM), the majority were students and university employees. Mashal was a student of Mass Communication and he was lynched by a […]
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Waseem Akhtar indicted in May 12 carnage case
KARACHI: A special Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday has indicted Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar in a case related to violence and carnage which had taken place on May 12, 2007. The court also heard four more cases in relation to the carnage in which many others were also indicted, however, all in accused along with […]
Man in Larkana sentenced to 25 years in prison over rape, murder of minor
LARKANA: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday sentenced Siraj Kalhoro to 25 years in prison on charges of sexually assaulting and murdering a 9-year-old in Larkana. Kalhoro was ordered to pay a fine of Rs 1 lac, failure of which will result in a one-year extension in his prison sentence. The incident took place on November […]
Naqeebullah murder case: Anwar granted bail
KARACHI: Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday granted bail to former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and principal accused Rao Anwar in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case. ATC heard Anwar’s bail plea, granting him bail with payment of Rs 1 million in bail bonds. Another case has been registered against Anwar for possession of explosives and illegal […]
ATC issues non-bailable arrest warrants against MQM conveyor, leaders
KARACHI: Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants against Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) conveyor Khalid Maqbool along with other leaders. ATC heard cases against MQM leaders pertaining to attacks on media houses, riots and for chanting slogans against National security. During the hearing Khawaja Izhar, Rehan Hashmi, Farooq Sattar and Amir Khan appeared […]
Naqeebullah murder case: Verdict over Anwar’s bail plea expected today
KARACHI: Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Thursday will announce verdict over Rao Anwar’s bail plea in Naqeebullah murder case. The hearing is underway at the ATC. Earlier on Wednesday’s hearing, former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and prime suspect in the case Rao Anwar’s counsel had asserted that the authorities had no substantial evidence to prove […]
Will be proven innocent in Naqeebullah murder case: Rao Anwar
KARACHI: Suspended Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rao Anwar on Thursday asserted that he was certain to be proven innocent by the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Naqeebullah murder case. While talking to the journalists outside ATC, Anwar said that the present record didn’t show the fact that he caught Naqeebullah or killed him. Suspended SSP […]
ATC defers verdict to declare Anwar’s house a sub-jail in Naqeebullah murder case
KARACHI: Anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday deferred its verdict to declare Suspended Senior Superintendent (SSP) Rao Anwar’s house a sub-jail. Earlier today, ATC resumed hearing of Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case. Anwar along with his aides was presented for an in-camera hearing. During the hearing the court deferred its verdict on declaring Anwar as a B-class […]
Naqeebullah’s father challenges declaration of Anwar’s house as sub-jail in SHC
KARACHI: Father of Naqeebullah Mehsud on Tuesday moved Sindh High Court (SHC) against government’s declaration of suspended Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rao Anwar’s house as a sub-jail. Saif-ur-Rehman, the leader of the Grand Jirga while speaking to the media outside SHC said that they had moved against Sindh government’s move to declare Anwar’s house […]
Bunar ATC acquits Kumar in Soran Singh’s murder case
PESHAWAR: Anti-Terrorism court (ATC) of Bunar District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Thursday acquitted Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Baldev Kumar in PTI MPA Sardar Soran Singh’s murder case. PTI MPA Singh was murdered in Bunar on April 22, 2016. KP police had arrested six suspects including Baldev Kumar for Singh’s murder. Police claimed that Kumar […]