US transit policeman convicted of manslaughter in shooting
July 8, 2010 by Trend PK
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LOS ANGELES: A former San Francisco area transit police officer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Thursday in the 2009 shooting of an unarmed man, an incident that inflamed racial tensions in the region.
Johannes Mehserle, 28, was found guilty in the shooting on New Year”s Day 2009 in the trial, which was moved to Los Angeles because of a racially charged atmosphere in the northern California city of Oakland, where the shooting took place.
A Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer, Mehserle was responding to reports of fighting on the subway when he shot and killed Oscar Grant, 22.
The lethal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer was captured on video and widely broadcast on television and on the Internet and led to violent protests in the Oakland area.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry scheduled sentencing for August 6.
Karachi: MQM (H) Leaders Afaq Ahmed And Amir Khan Get Life Term
April 20, 2010 by Trend PK
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KARACHI,News Trends: A local court Wednesday handed life term to Afaq Ahmed and Amir Khan, two leaders of Muhajir Qaumi Movement.
Afaq Ahmed and Amir Khan were arrested in 2004 for involvement in the case.
Local court judge Ubaid Ahmed announced life term sentences for Afaq Ahmed and Amir Khan for their involvement in murder of Farooque Ahmed, a Muttahida Qaumi Movement activist, in Landhi. A News Trends
Karachi: MQM (H) Leaders Afaq Ahmed And Amir Khan Get Life Term was first posted on April 7, 2010 at 4:12 pm.
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Cricketer Nasir Jamshed released on bail
LAHORE: A local court has released cricketer Nasir Jamshed on a surety bond of 20,000 rupees after he was arrested for cheating during a school exam.
Jamshed”s lawyer Sardar Mohammad Sabir said Tuesday that criminal court judge Mohammad Jawad Alam Qureshi has accepted the bail of his client on a surety bond.
Jamshed, 20, was arrested in Lahore on Monday after being caught allegedly cheating while taking a ninth-grade English exam to pass higher secondary school.
Court Issues Arrest Warrant of Rehman Malik
December 19, 2009 by Trend PK
Filed under Breaking News
KARACHI, Pakistan News: The Accountability court has issued arrest warrants of Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Friday.
Accountability court judge Mir Muhammad Shaikh has issued the warrants in NAB reference. Earlier, NAB had filed a petition in Rawalpindi accountability court for the restoration of references against 19 persons including Rehman Malik.
Court Issues Arrest Warrant of Rehman Malik was first posted on December 18, 2009 at 2:18 pm.
