(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...
(DAWN – Editorial) ON Monday, the Supreme Court overturned earlier judgements made by the high courts to release under-trial prisoners in light of the coronavirus epidemic. Fearing the spread...
(THE NEWS – Editorial) The concerns expressed by the SC regarding the issue of release of prisoners due to the corona outbreak are undoubtedly valid to some degree. Indeed,...
(SAMAA – Asad Jamal) Pakistan’s Supreme Court has recently suspended orders given by the high courts and provincial governments that sought to send prisoners home so that coronavirus (COVID...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(DAWN-Asma Shafi) The following is narrated by Asma Shafi to Natasha Zai of Justice Project Pakistan about her brother Ali (not his real name), who was entrapped by overseas...