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30 Apr 2024, 10:53 am by JURIST Staff
Additionally, Jahangir challenged the arbitrary arrests and searches of child vagrants by the Punjab police under the outdated Punjab Vagrancy Ordinance of 1958. [read post]
4 Jan 2012, 3:10 am
(credit for photo of khaki-clad police and pink-scarved protester) As they were arrested and detained, police officers reportedly recommended that the only way out was to accept the checks from the company.As the agitations in Gobindpura caught the attention of other farmer and labor unions, the village was cordoned off by police forces, who denied any ingress and egress, and fortified their constant presence by several means, including converting the sole village health… [read post]
In the Ajnala Police Station in Punjab’s Amritsar district, a huge mob, dangerously armed with swords, lathis (sticks) and weapons had created chaos in the police station. [read post]
2 Mar 2016, 1:02 am
Source: MWC News (1 March 2016)http://mwcnews.net/news/centrals-asia/57543-pakistan-capital-punishment.htmlExecution of Mumtaz Qadri, who killed Punjab governor Salman Taseer in 2011, prompts muted celebration and protests.The execution of a man who killed the head of government of Punjab province over his call to reform strict blasphemy laws has revived the question of capital punishment in Pakistan.Mumtaz Qadri was a bodyguard for Salman Taseer when he shot the Punjab… [read post]
11 Dec 2010, 11:52 pm
They were gunned down in July during their trial - inside a courthouse, in handcuffs and in police custody.Relatives, who asked not to be identified, said the blasphemy charges were brought because of a land dispute.After the killings, the extended family had to leave home and move to another city. [read post]
” A special operation was also carried out by Punjab police to catch the individuals associated with Brar in September 2023. [read post]
27 Nov 2010, 3:27 am
The cleric informed local police who arrested and charged her with insulting the Prophet Muhammad.Aasia Bibi denies the allegations and her husband, Ashiq Masih, claims her conviction was based on “false accusations”. [read post]
18 Aug 2020, 3:38 am by Prerna Tara
Instead of just Indira Gandhi and other perpetrators, the book hopes the limelight comes to rest on women leaders like Paramjit Kaur Khalra, Kuldeep Kaur, Amar Kaur, unnamed women like the police officer who secretly helped inmates in one of Punjab’s many torture centers, and Baljit Kaur, who you see on the cover of the book. [read post]
13 Jan 2022, 7:03 am by JURIST Staff
The other members of the committee include the Director General of the National Investigation Agency or his nominee not below the rank of Inspector General, the Chandigarh Director General of Police, the Punjab Additional Director General of Police (Security) and the Registrar General of the Punjab and Haryana High Court. [read post]
4 Apr 2014, 11:44 am by Kevin
It has come to the attention of Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif, who "took notice of a registration of a case against the nine-month-old baby" and demanded an explanation from local authorities. [read post]
6 Mar 2011, 4:58 pm by Anupam Chander
"   "The turban is a big problem for us," said Gurjatinder Singh Randhawa, chief editor of the Sikh newspaper Punjab Mail USA. [read post]
’ Concurrently, the Court suggested the establishment of a committee, led by the Director General of Police (DGP), to investigate cases arising from the communal unrest. [read post]
And while the high courts of Punjab and Haryana, Bombay and Rajasthan have held that online betting games can be lawful, the high courts of Delhi and Gujarat have ordered their state governments to take action. [read post]
5 Nov 2007, 7:27 am
An estimated 150 lawyers were arrested in Lahore after a pitched battle between police and lawyers who stood on the roof of the High Court throwing stones at the police below. [read post]
24 Feb 2024, 7:38 pm by Howard Friedman
 As explained in the Feb. 25 issue of Dawn:Petitioner Sami had sought deletion of certain charges in an FIR [First Information Report] registered against him on Dec 6, 2022 at the Chenab Nagar police station in Chiniot district.The petitioner was accused of distributing/disseminating a proscribed book, Tafseer-i-Sagheer, which, according to the prosecution, was an offence under the Punjab Holy Quran (Printing and Recording) (Amendment) Act enforced in 2021, whereas the FIR… [read post]
3 Feb 2016, 8:07 pm
As Chief Justice of the East Bengal High Court, Ellis led a notorious inquiry into police violence against civilians protesting against non-recognition of the Bengali language in 1952 (as part of the “Language Movement”); Ellis’s inquiry exonerated the actions of the police. [read post]
13 Jun 2009, 4:00 pm
In Kathmandu, Nepal, police have arrested 27-year old Sita Shrestha. [read post]