‘Policemen involved in detaining, torturing teenagers to be dismissed from service’
(DAWN – Jamal Shahid) ISLAMABAD: Five police officials allegedly involved in detaining and torturing two teenagers will be dismissed from service in “two to three” days, Senior Superintendent of Police
Philippines Takes Big Step Back Towards Death Penalty
(DAWN) MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign to bring back the death penalty for drug-related crimes has cleared a major hurdle, with supporters backing it in congress but critics denouncing
SC Admits Petition About Juvenile Offender on Death Row
(DAWN) Islamabad: The Supreme Court has admitted a petition wherein a juvenile offender, Mohammad Anear, is alleged to have been unlawfully denied the benefit of an inquiry into his age
Flawed justice system: 10% of death row convicts children: report
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE – Sehrish Wasif) ISLAMABAD: Around 10 per cent of Pakistan’s death row convicts are feared to be juvenile offenders, who have been sentenced to death in a clear
Govt failed Pakistanis in foreign prisons
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE – Shahzad Anwar) ISLAMABAD: With a number of Pakistanis languishing in jails abroad, the country lacks a codified policy on providing consular support to such prisoners. Read
Lahore High Court temporarily stays execution of mentally ill man
(DAWN – AFP) The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday temporarily stayed the execution of a schizophrenic man until January 30, his lawyers said, days before he was set to
Sept 27 verdict: Punjab challenges SC’s schizophrenia ruling
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE – Hasnaat Malik) ISLAMABAD:The Punjab government has challenged the Supreme Court’s judgment that psychiatric disorder like schizophrenia does not subjugate the death sentence. The Punjab government through
Schizophrenia is not a mental illness, rules SC
Pakistan’s top court has ruled that schizophrenia does not fall within its legal definition of mental disorders, clearing the way for the execution, as soon as next week, of a
Pressure mounts on Indonesia to call off looming executions
(THE NEWS) CILACAP, Indonesia: Indonesia will be “on the wrong side of history” if it proceeds with a fresh round of executions this week, rights groups warned on Wednesday, as
‘Kill me 10 times if found guilty’
(THE NATION – Monitoring Desk) A Pakistani national, facing imminent execution in Indonesia over drug smuggling charges, has sought help from the government, a private TV channel reported yesterday. “Kill
Convicting children
DAWN – Zainab Z. Malik LIKE 73pc of Pakistan’s population, Ansar Iqbal’s birth had never been registered. And like most juvenile defendants in Pakistan, he was erroneously charged and tried
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