SHRC concerned about prisoners amid virus spread
(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...
Government urged to protect prisoners from coronavirus
(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...
Pakistani prisons house 77,275 inmates against authorised capacity of 57,742
(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...
Sitting ducks
(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...
Overcrowded prisons
(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...
Prisoners and the pandemic
(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...
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