‘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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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