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...
Intra court appeal shouldn’t be abolished
DAILY TIMES – Sarmad Ali A couple of months ago, a Senate committee adopted a draft report on Provision of Inexpensive and Speedy Justice. The report recommended some necessary...
Amnesty expresses concern over executions in Pakistan
DAWN – Masood Haider NEW YORK: Human rights are fast becoming a casualty in the drive to wipe out fanatical groups like the militant Islamic State group and...
NCHR: Clipped wings
(THE NATION – Zainab Zeeshan Malik) Over the past two years the Government of Pakistan (GOP) has taken several steps that clearly reflect its lack of commitment to honouring...
Pakistan, with 324 executions in 2015, ranks third worldwide – report
REUTERS – Krista Mahr Pakistan hanged 324 people last year to rank third worldwide in terms of executions, but the vast majority of those put to death had...
Special report: Are new anti-terror laws an exercise in futility?
DAWN – Malik Asad In an effort to improve the laws and institutions dealing with prosecution of terrorists, the PML-N government took a number of measures, such as...
Dr Suddle terms existing police laws ‘repressive’
(DAWN – Saher Baloch) KARACHI: The repealed Police Order, 2002, which was meant to align police force with the Constitution and law, was a far better framework to govern...
Disowned Migrants
THE NATION The government has failed to provide legal assistance to citizens detained abroad- many languishing miles away from home for several years. In the latest hearing of the...