Safia Bano case judgment lauded
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has said the right to dignity could never be taken away as it was one of the strongest...
Game launched to to raise awareness about death row prisoners
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) Justice Project Pakistan has launched a game to raise awareness about finding legal help for death row prisoners and their families. Named ‘This Is (Not) A Game,’ the...
JPP slams beheading of Pakistani prisoner in S. Arabia
(DAWN – Staff Reporter) LAHORE: The Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) denounced the beheading of yet another Pakistani citizen, Mohammad Imran, in Shumaisi prison of Jeddah on Thursday. Read more…...
Executions in Saudi Arabia
(DAWN – Editorial) IN a travesty of justice, Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed a Pakistani woman. According to Justice Project Pakistan, Fatima Ijaz was the first Pakistani woman to...
Pakistani couple executed for ‘heroin smuggling’ in Saudi Arabia
(The Express Tribune – News Desk) Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry said on Thursday that two Pakistani nationals, a husband and wife, had been executed for heroin smuggling, according to...
Amnesty: Lowest number of prisoners executed in 2018
(ALJAZEERA – Saba Aziz) At least 690 prisoners were executed in 20 countries in 2018, marking a 31 percent fall from at least 993 the previous year, according to Amnesty...
Mentally ill prisoner Khizar Hayat passes away after spending 16 years on death row
(DAWN – Rana Bilal) Khizar Hayat, a mentally ill prisoner who spent the last 16 years of his life on death row, passed away on the night of March...
Pakistani doctors say man on death row is mentally ill
(THE WASHINGTON POST – Associated Press) ISLAMABAD — A rights group says court-appointed doctors have confirmed that a death row prisoner in Pakistan suffers from chronic schizophrenia and requires regular...
Pakistani Doctors Say Man on Death Row Is Mentally Ill
(THE NEW YORK TIMES – The Associated Press) ISLAMABAD — A rights group says court-appointed doctors have confirmed that a death row prisoner in Pakistan suffers from chronic schizophrenia and...
Medical board confirms death row prisoner in Lahore suffers from schizophrenia
(DAWN – Rana Bilal) A medical board constituted on the orders of a Lahore sessions court has confirmed that a 50-year-old prisoner who was previously scheduled to be executed...