2,795 Pakistanis languishing in Saudi jails, court told
(THE NATION – Fida Hussnain) LAHORE – Justice Project Pakistan, a non-profit organisation working for prisoners’ rights, on Monday informed the Lahore High Court that at least 67 Pakistanis have
LHC orders convict transfer treaty with Saudi to be presented in court
(DAWN – Rana Bilal) The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday ordered the federal government to present in court the soon-to-be signed agreement for the repatriation of convicts between Pakistan
JPP welcomes extradition agreement between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
(THE NATION – Faizan Ali Warraich) LAHORE: Justice Project Pakistan has welcomed the decision of the federal cabinet to approve an extradition agreement with Saudi authorities. This will allow Pakistani
LHC seeks report on schizophrenic prisoner’s health
(DAWN – Staff Reporter) LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought a report from the Punjab Prisons Department about the latest state of mental health of a 56-year-old death
Jpp calls for schizophrenic death row prisoner to be shifted to a mental health facility
(DAILY TIMES) LAHORE: Justice Project Pakistan filed a petition on behalf of death row prisoner Khizar Hayat, calling for the 56-year-old to be shifted to a secure mental health treatment
JPP calls for treatment of schizophrenia death-row prisoner
(THE NATION) LAHORE PR – Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) has filed a petition on behalf of death row prisoner Khizar Hayat, calling for the 56-year-old to be shifted to a
Plea for public execution of Zainab’s killer premature: LHC
(DAWN – Staff Reporter) LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday disposed of as premature a petition seeking public hanging for the killer of seven-year-old Zainab of Kasur. A two-judge
Public hangings in child abuse, murder cases opposed
(DAWN – Staff Reporter) ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice, the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) and provincial home departments during a meeting of the Senate Standing Committee on
A televised execution
(DAILY TIMES – Noorzadeh Salman Raja) In Pakistan, religious discourse invariably permeates the law, limiting our ability to critique and censure that which is regressive but urged as a religious
Public hangings
(DAWN – Rimmel Mohydin) THE death penalty is unpleasant and difficult to talk about. In an effort to perhaps make it seem like just another order of business, we have