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Europe rights court upholds French burqa ban
STRASBOURG: The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday upheld France’s controversial burqa ban, rejecting arguments that outlawing full-face veils breaches religious freedom. In a case brought by a...
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A Swedish court decides to maintain an arrest warrant against fugitive Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on charges of sexual assault.
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Labourers win as SHC upholds IRA 2012
KARACHI: There may be some respite to the excesses being meted out to the labourers as the Sindh High Court (SHC) declared the law that gives them the right to form unions as a valid piece of...
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Model Town clashes: LHC upholds order to register FIR against PM, Punjab CM
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday upheld a sessions court’s decision to register FIRs against the PML-N’s top leadership, including Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif over the Model Town tragedy,...
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Model Town tragedy: LHC upholds FIR order against PM, 20 others
LAHORE: The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday upheld a sessions court decision and directed the police to register a murder case against the prime minister, Punjab’s chief minister and 19 other...
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SC upholds PHC’s decision in murder case
PESHAWAR: The Supreme Court Peshawar Registry Branch has upheld Peshawar High Court’s (PHC) earlier decision to acquit a policeman accused of firing on a car in 2009 and killing a passenger. A...
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Back to the slammer: PHC upholds five-year sentence of Afghan national
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) rejected the appeal of an Afghan national on Friday and upheld the five-year prison term awarded to him for smuggling narcotics. The division bench of Justice...
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Court upholds death penalty of Aasia Bibi
LAHORE: A court on Thursday upheld the death sentence of a Christian women convicted of blasphemy four years ago, as her lawyers vowed to appeal. Aasia Bibi, a mother of five, has been on death row...
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Bangladesh court upholds top Jamaat leader’s death sentence
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s highest court Monday upheld the death sentence against a leader of Jamaat-e-Islami party after he was convicted of committing war crimes, including mass murder, during the 1971...
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Court upholds same-sex marriage bans
A federal appeals court Thursday allowed four states to prohibit same-sex unions — a decision that could force the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the issue.
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