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Aafia Siddiqui (also spelled Afiya; [ 8 ] Urdu: عافیہ صدیقی; born 2 March 1972) is a Pakistani national who is serving an 86-year sentence at the Federal Medical Center, Carswell in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, for attempted murder and other felonies. [ 6 ][ 9 ] Siddiqui was born in Pakistan to a Sunni Muslim family. [ 1 ]
Double Shah was arrested by the Gakkhar town police on 13 April 2007 from his Nizamabad house on charges of Rs. 30,000 robbery. He was then put in the custody of the National Accountability Bureau in Pakistan. [1] The first case was lodged against him with other 18 persons by the local police under the Anti-Terrorist act, and only one person ...
1999 Pakistani coup d'état. Military takeover of the federal government of Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup. Mass and nationwide arrest of PML (N) workers and detainment of PML (N)'s leadership due to the corruption and bad governance of PML (N). Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif arrested and later exiled, as a result of an agreement, on 10/11 ...
2017. In December, a 58-year-old man accused of blasphemy was freed after spending over nine years in jail. Bahawalnagar District court and Lahore High Court sentenced the man to life imprisonment which was overruled by Supreme Court of Pakistan as the evidence used was not in accordance with the Evidence Act.
Mail fraud was first defined in the United States in 1872. 18 U.S.C. § 1341 provides: Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute, supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use ...
Blasphemy in Pakistan. The Pakistan Penal Code outlaws blasphemy (Urdu: قانون ناموس رسالت) against any recognized religion, with punishments ranging from a fine to the death penalty. According to various human rights organizations, Pakistan's blasphemy laws have been used to persecute religious minorities and settle personal ...
Forgery is a crime in all jurisdictions within the United States, both state and federal. [1][2] Most states, including California, describe forgery as occurring when a person alters a written document "with the intent to defraud, knowing that he or she has no authority to do so." [13]
Federal prosecutors said retailers lost $31.8 million due to the phony discounts created by Lori Ann Talens.