Sitting ducks
(DAWN – Ali Haider Habib) AS we are all feeling a little caged with the social distancing and self-isolation, it is probably a good time to think of prisoners...
Overcrowded prisons
(DAWN – Editorial) AS the country grapples with the grave challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the Islamabad High Court has taken a welcome initiative to provide relief to the...
Prisoners and the pandemic
(THE NEWS – Foqia Sadiq Khan) The disease caused by the coronavirus is here in Pakistan. We need to think of the most vulnerable in our society. One group of...
Mentally-challenged prisoners in Pakistan not given due care, laments LHC CJ
(THE NEWS) LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh on Saturday lamented that mentally-ill prisoners in Pakistan were not given due consideration and care. He said provision...
محمد بن سلمان کے وعدے کے ایک برس بعد بھی سعودی جیلوں میں قید پاکستانیوں کی رہائی میں رکاوٹ کیا؟
(بی بی سی اردو ) مجھے ڈیڑھ ماہ بعد معلوم ہوا کہ میری 62 سالہ بیمار ماں سعودی جیل میں قید ہیں۔ جس عورت نے میری والدہ کو جعل...
No one is listening: Pakistani mothers jailed in Saudi Arabia call for help
(MIDDLE EAST EYE – Suddaf Chaudry) Mohamed Saeed sits on a bed, looking at pictures of his mother who has been held in a Saudi jail for the past three...
More Pakistani prisoners in Gulf countries now than in 2014
(SAMAA TV) There has been an increase in the number of prisoners abroad since 2014, especially in Gulf countries, according to a Justice Project Pakistan report. The report titled...
How poor Pakistanis are tricked into becoming drug mules
(THE ECONOMIST) THE LAST time Abdul Haq saw his son, the young man was bound for a new life, with a work visa in his new passport and a...
3,240 Pakistanis still in Saudi jails, NA told
(PAKISTAN TODAY – Staff Report) ISLAMABAD: A total of 3,240 Pakistani nationals are still languishing in the prisons of Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi informed the National Assembly’s...
Lost in migration
(THE NEWS – Malaika Raza) Migrant workers are an integral part of Pakistan’s economy and the labour market. Remittances from the overseas workforce are not only one of the major...