465 prisoners sent to gallows since 2014, says report
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) Until May this year, a total of 465 prisoners have been sent to the gallows since Pakistan lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in December...
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Pakistan — licence to kill
(DAILY TIMES) Pakistan is once again in the hot seat. And Nawaz Sharif is the man who put it there. That the latest shenanigans have nothing to do with...
Live screening of Geneva human rights conference organised
(THE NEWS) The Justice Project Pakistan organised a live video screening of Pakistan’s first-ever country review under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) at the Institute...
Pakistan stated to have ‘gone over the limit’ with death penalty
(GEO NEWS) LAHORE: Justice Project Pakistan held a screening on Tuesday to show Pakistan’s first ever review under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) before the...
Pakistan asked to apply death penalty with prudence
(THE NATION) PR LAHORE – Justice Project Pakistan jointly held a screening at SAFMA of Pakistan’s first-ever review under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) before...
The politics of killing
(DAWN – Saroop Ijaz) Bill Clinton left the Presidential Campaign trail in January 1992 and rushed backed to his home state of Arkansas to preside over the execution of...
Condemned prisoners
(DAWN – Editorial) A VENGEFUL rage can never meet the ends of justice. In December 2014, the state chose a populist short cut to assuage public anger in the...
‘465 executed since lifting of moratorium on death penalty’
(DAWN) LAHORE: A data analysis by Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), a non-government organisation working for prisoners’ rights, shows a total of 465 prisoners have been executed since the country...
COAS signs death warrants of 30 ‘hardcore terrorists’
(DAWN) Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday signed the death warrants for 30 “hardcore terrorists” with links to the 2014 Army Public School attack, the...
11,764 Pakistanis currently jailed or detained abroad: Sartaj Aziz
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE – App) ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz informed the National Assembly on Wednesday that 11,764 Pakistanis were currently detained or imprisoned abroad. Read...