Govt failed Pakistanis in foreign prisons
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE – Shahzad Anwar) ISLAMABAD: With a number of Pakistanis languishing in jails abroad, the country lacks a codified policy on providing consular support to such prisoners....
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Lahore High Court temporarily stays execution of mentally ill man
(DAWN – AFP) The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday temporarily stayed the execution of a schizophrenic man until January 30, his lawyers said, days before he was set...
Sept 27 verdict: Punjab challenges SC’s schizophrenia ruling
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE – Hasnaat Malik) ISLAMABAD:The Punjab government has challenged the Supreme Court’s judgment that psychiatric disorder like schizophrenia does not subjugate the death sentence. The Punjab government...
Schizophrenia is not a mental illness, rules SC
Pakistan’s top court has ruled that schizophrenia does not fall within its legal definition of mental disorders, clearing the way for the execution, as soon as next week, of...
Pressure mounts on Indonesia to call off looming executions
(THE NEWS) CILACAP, Indonesia: Indonesia will be “on the wrong side of history” if it proceeds with a fresh round of executions this week, rights groups warned on Wednesday,...
UN rights chief calls for ban on executions in Indonesia
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‘Kill me 10 times if found guilty’
(THE NATION – Monitoring Desk) A Pakistani national, facing imminent execution in Indonesia over drug smuggling charges, has sought help from the government, a private TV channel reported yesterday....
Convicting children
DAWN – Zainab Z. Malik LIKE 73pc of Pakistan’s population, Ansar Iqbal’s birth had never been registered. And like most juvenile defendants in Pakistan, he was erroneously charged and...
Police stations are auctioned here: CJ
THE NEWS Says there are many tales to tell but they are careful about expressing things ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali on Wednesday remarked that...
Pakistanis describe ‘hell’ of Bagram base detention
ALJAZEERA – Jenifer Fenton Hamidullah Khan was 14 when he was captured by Afghan forces and handed over to the US military, which put him in a cage and...