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...
My brother came home from a Saudi jail. Then I woke up from my dream
(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...
Kindness and hope: What my Pakistani inmate Zulfiqar Ali taught me while on death row in Indonesia
(DAWN – Mohammad Reza Nezafa) Zulfiqar Ali, a 54-year-old terminally-ill Pakistani on death row in Indonesia, passed away on May 31, 2018. He was arrested in 2004 and sentenced to...
Death of a prisoner
(DAWN – Rimmel Mohydin) IT is an election year. You would think that the government would be all over an easy win. Zulfiqar Ali offered that. An innocent Pakistani citizen...
Govt has approved prisoner transfer agreement with KSA, LHC told
(DAILY TIMES) Lahore: The Lahore High Court has admitted the findings of the joint report prepared by the Justice Project Pakistan and the Human Rights Watch regarding the plight...
Report on Pakistanis in Saudi jails submitted to LHC
(THE NEWS) LAHORE: Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), a non-profit organisation working for prisoners’ rights, on Monday furnished a report before the Lahore High Court pertaining to ordeal of Pakistani...
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...
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...
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...