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Pakistan Penal Code

Criminalisation of satire?

Criminalisation of satire?

Updated 30 Apr, 2026 06:25am
EDITORIAL: The episode in the Tarnol area of Islamabad, where a citizen’s satirical social media remark about a...
Accused held in TikToker murder case

Accused held in TikToker murder case

Published 04 Jun, 2025 03:03am
ISLAMABAD: The capital police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested the person who allegedly shot dead a 17-year-old...
Plight of prisoners

Plight of prisoners

Published 31 Aug, 2024 06:55am
EDITORIAL: A key, but often ignored, aspect of our broken criminal justice system is the state of our prisons and ...
‘Child kidnapping’

‘Child kidnapping’

Published 08 Feb, 2024 05:02am
This is apropos a Business Recorder oped “Child kidnapping” carried by the newspaper last Saturday. This crime ...
Revisiting colonial era laws

Revisiting colonial era laws

Published 04 Apr, 2023 03:24am
EDITORIAL: It comes like a breath of fresh air in the prevailing gloomy political atmosphere. In a momentous verdict...
Terrorism charge as political weapon

Terrorism charge as political weapon

Published 26 Sep, 2022 06:07am
EDITORIAL: On Monday, the Islamabad High Court cleared the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan of...
SC grants bail to blasphemy accused

SC grants bail to blasphemy accused

Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted bail to an accused in a blasphemy case, subject to submitting surety...
Woman gang-raped on board train

Woman gang-raped on board train

Published 02 Jun, 2022 06:19am
EDITORIAL: This is the second case of gang-rape within a span of just one week. There may be more that have gone...
Justice seen to be done

Justice seen to be done

Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:34am
EDITORIAL: Notorious sexual offender Usman Mirza and four of his partners-in-crime have been handed life ...
An unnecessary controversy

An unnecessary controversy

Published 31 Jan, 2022 05:30am
EDITORIAL: A verbal altercation has started between the government and legal fraternity over the proposed sweeping...
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