Islamic court declares acquittal of woman's rapists illegal

Pakistan’s highest Islamic court has thrown out the controversial acquittal of five men convicted of raping a woman on orders from a village council in a case that shocked the world.

Pakistan’s highest Islamic court has thrown out the controversial acquittal of five men convicted of raping a woman on orders from a village council in a case that shocked the world.

It said today that a lower appeals court had no jurisdiction to rule on the case.

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