Pak: Extra-judicial killings condemned

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 21:56

A Pakistani court on Tuesday hauled up the law enforcement agencies for extra-judicial killings in the country which has caused a "great sense of insecurity among the people of Pakistan".

One protester dies in Iran clashes, opposition leader detained

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 17:49

One person was killed and many were wounded in fierce protests in Iran.

No quick pardon for condemned Pakistani Christian

Last Updated: Thursday, November 25, 2010, 22:21

Pakistan`s president will not immediately pardon a Christian woman sentenced to die for insulting Islam but may do so later if an appeals court delays her case too long, an official said on Thursday.

10 condemned prisoners got `mercy` from Prez in three decades

Last Updated: Friday, June 4, 2010, 18:15

Seventy-seven mercy petitions have been decided by the Presidents during the last 30 years out of which in 10 the sentence has been commuted to life imprisonment.

WB Governor condemns killing of police officers

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 22:06

Condemning the killing of two police officers by armed Maoists in West Midnapore despicable, West Bengal Governor on Tuesday said that left wing extremists "must realise that no just cause can be secured by such diabolism".