Pakistani lawyer couple sentenced to 10 years each in security-barrier case
The report by Arab News Pakistan did not name the couple, identify the court, or say where in the country the case was heard.
A Pakistani human rights lawyer and his wife, who is also a lawyer, have each been sentenced to 10 years in prison in what Arab News Pakistan described as a security-barrier case.
The outlet's report, published on Thursday, did not name the couple. It did not identify the court that handed down the sentence, and it did not say in which city or province the case was heard. The charges, the date of the verdict and the court's reasoning were also not stated in the report available to this newspaper.
The report characterised the matter only as a "security-barrier case". It did not explain what kind of barrier was involved, where it stood, or how the couple's legal work was connected to it. No statement from the federal government, the provincial authorities, the police or the courts on the sentencing was available.
Skardu Times could not independently confirm the sentence or the identity of the couple, and has not been able to establish further details of the proceedings.
In a separate report carried at the same time, ANI said the human rights department of the Baloch National Movement had condemned a reported eviction order affecting 30,000 people in Balochistan. That report gave no further details of the order, the area it covers, or the people it is said to affect. It did not state whether the condemnation was connected to the sentencing of the lawyer couple, and the two reports do not link the two matters.
Pakistan's legal community has faced pressure in cases tied to security operations in recent years, though the record of this particular case could not be verified from the material available.
The sentencing, if confirmed, is significant for rights lawyers who take up cases involving security installations and land disputes, and for the families affected by orders that are announced without published documentation.
Further details were awaited.
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