According to Pakistan's National Accountability Bureau (NAB), Imran and his wife received 108 gifts from different heads of states and foreign dignitaries, outr of which they retained 58 gifts worth Rs 142 million. The couple were sentenced on January 31 days before the general elections.
Those sentenced include Gregory Wong, 45, for six years, along with political activists Ventus Lau and Owen Chow. District court Judge Li Chi-ho, who handed the sentences, said the incident was a "serious blow" to the rule of law when protesters vandalised the city legislature.
The father of the eight-year-old nomadic girl, who was gangraped and murdered in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua, welcomed the Monday judgement convicting six men in the case, but said his family was expecting that the culprits would be handed down death penalty. He also expressed unhappiness over the acquittal of the seventh accused.
Chennai: The Madras High Court yesterday made it clear that the Set off period of the sentence already undergone by a life convict is not a charity, but law's guarantee.“To the entitlement of a life
Beijing: A Chinese court Friday sentenced a former mining tycoon to death on charges of organising and leading "mafia-style crime and murder", a media report said.Liu Han was found guilty by the Xianning Intermediate People's
Cairo: An Egyptian court Wednesday sentenced former president Hosni Mubarak to three years in jail for embezzlement of public funds designated for presidential palace maintenance, media reported.The Cairo Criminal Court, presided by Judge Ousama Shaheen,
Naples, Italy: Former Juventus executive Luciano Moggi has had his jail sentence in the 2006 Italian match-fixing scandal reduced to 28 months on appeal. Moggi was sentenced to 5 years and 4 months in the
Bhopal: The district and sessions court in Mandla today sentenced Dalit IAS officer Shashi Karnawat to five years imprisonment and Rs 50 lakhs fine in a corruption case. The prosecution's case was that Karnawat, as
New Delhi, Dec 18: Condemning the gang rape of a 23-year-old girl in the capital, Bollywood star Salman Khan Tuesday said rapists should be hanged."In my view, there should be a death sentence for all
New Delhi, Nov 19: Former Telecom Minister Sukhram was today awarded five years imprisonment by a Delhi Court after being convicted of taking Rs three lakhs as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a
Naples, Nov 8: Former Juventus executive Luciano Moggi and more than 20 other football officials were facing sentences Tuesday from a court in Naples over their alleged roles in the 2006 Italian match-fixing scandal.The sentences
Mumbai, Sept 29: The Bombay High Court today admitted an appeal filed by Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab challenging the death penalty awarded to him for his role in the 26/11 attacks but rejected his plea
Top News
Latest News
