(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...
(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...
(THE NEWS) The finding that a prisoner at Camp Jail Lahore has tested positive for the coronavirus raises many fears. This prisoner had reached the country from Italy in...
(DAWN – Staff Reporter) KARACHI: The Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has expressed grave concern for prisoners in Sindh’s jails on Wednesday. As the spread of the coronavirus pandemic...
(DAWN – Staff Reporter) KARACHI: As Pakistan records its seven deaths because of the Covid-19 outbreak, the rights groups on Tuesday asked the authorities to take necessary measures to...
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE – Rizwan shehzad) The federal ombudsman on Tuesday directed the provincial chief and home secretaries as well as inspectors general of jails across the country to...
(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...
(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...
(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...
(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...
