FAISALABAD – An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) awarded life imprisonment with Rs 100,000 fine to an accused for throwing acid on ex-fiance, here on Saturday. The court also awarded additional 10-year imprisonment to the convict, Kamran, for causing eye loss to ...
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RAWALPINDI: A man charged with throwing acid on his wife was booked by the Civil Lines police on Sunday. The police officials said the victim had filed a case against her husband, Nazuk, and brother-in-law, Sharafat. The husband was charged ...
Read More »‘Incidents of acid throwing on women dropped to 50 percent’
Islamabad: Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF) on Sunday claimed that the reported cases of acid throwing on women have dropped by around 50% as compared with last five years. According to ASF’s data, this drop of cases was a major success ...
Read More »Man gets 29-year jail term for throwing acid on varsity teacher in Lahore
LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court on Thursday awarded a man collective imprisonment of 29 years on different counts after finding him guilty of throwing acid on a private university’s teacher a month before her marriage, in January 2014. Umar Farooq had ...
Read More »Another acid attack reported as previous victim dies after 20 days
In another unfortunate incident of acid attack in the city, a married woman was shifted on Sunday to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JMPC) in a critical state after her husband allegedly threw acid on her in the Korangi area. ...
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