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...
Importance of technology in legal system highlighted
(THE NEWS) LAHORE:Justice Project Pakistan with support from Federal Republic of Germany hosted Technology for Justice Forum (T4JF) here on Saturday. The conference was dedicated to the promotion of technology-based...
Independent regulatory body stressed to probe torture cases
(THE NEWS) LAHORE:Continuing its national anti-torture campaign titled ‘#CriminalizeTorture’, Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) Sunday held a panel discussion at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in collaboration with...
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...
IHC orders release of over 400 prisoners as coronavirus cases rise
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE – Saqib Bashir) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered the release of over 400 prisoners as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases continues to...
LHC tells jail authorities to file bail pleas
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) The Lahore High Court (LHC) has instructed the superintendents of jails to file bail applications of accused and convicts of various categories for their release to...
829 prisoners involved in minor crimes set free on SHC order
(DAWN – Ishaq Tonoli & Tahir Siddiqui) KARACHI: On a Sindh High Court order, the district courts have released 829 prisoners involved in minor crimes from the detention facilities...
Quarantine centres set up in jails across Punjab
(DAWN – Mohammad Asghar) RAWALPINDI: The prison authorities have established emergency quarantine units in all jails across Punjab to protect the inmates from the coronavirus. A separate ward/barrack having...
Mental health in jails
(DAWN – Editorial) THE mind can be a prison for anyone afflicted with a mental health disorder. But for the countless mentally ill prisoners languishing in Pakistani jails, there...
29 Years on Death Row, Pakistan Woman Suffers Mental Illness
(THE NEW YORK TIMES – AP) ISLAMABAD — Kanizan Bibi was 16 when she was charged with murdering her employer’s wife and five children. The police said she was...