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IHC orders release..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE – Saqib Bashir) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered the release of over 400 prisoners as the number of...
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LHC tells jail..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) The Lahore High Court (LHC) has instructed the superintendents of jails to file bail applications of accused and convicts of various...
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829 prisoners..
(DAWN – Ishaq Tonoli & Tahir Siddiqui) KARACHI: On a Sindh High Court order, the district courts have released 829 prisoners involved in minor...
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Infected Prisoners
(DAWN – Editorial) ON Monday, the Supreme Court overturned earlier judgements made by the high courts to release under-trial prisoners in light of the...
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Sick, disabled..
(THE NEWS – Myra Imran) Islamabad: Sick and disabled prisoners in crowded Pakistani jails required extra healthcare as they are more vulnerable to contracting...
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Prisoner release
(THE NEWS – Editorial) The concerns expressed by the SC regarding the issue of release of prisoners due to the corona outbreak are undoubtedly...
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Opinion: Pakistan..
(SAMAA – Asad Jamal) Pakistan’s Supreme Court has recently suspended orders given by the high courts and provincial governments that sought to send prisoners...
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Prisoners in a..
(THE NEWS) The finding that a prisoner at Camp Jail Lahore has tested positive for the coronavirus raises many fears. This prisoner had reached...
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(THE NEWS) The finding that a prisoner at Camp Jail Lahore has tested positive for the coronavirus raises many fears. This prisoner had reached...
View ReportCriminalize Torture
Independent..
(THE NEWS) LAHORE:Continuing its national anti-torture campaign titled ‘#CriminalizeTorture’, Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) Sunday held a panel discussion at the Lahore University of Management...
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(THE NEWS) LAHORE:Continuing its national anti-torture campaign titled ‘#CriminalizeTorture’, Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) Sunday held a panel discussion at the Lahore University of Management...
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SC urges government..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) The Supreme Court of Pakistan has urged both federal and provincial governments to reconsider policies and enact or amend existing laws...
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Safia Bano case..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has said the right to dignity could never be taken away as it...
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Game launched to to..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) Justice Project Pakistan has launched a game to raise awareness about finding legal help for death row prisoners and their families. Named ‘This...
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29 Years on Death..
(THE NEW YORK TIMES – AP) ISLAMABAD — Kanizan Bibi was 16 when she was charged with murdering her employer’s wife and five children....
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JPP slams beheading..
(DAWN – Staff Reporter) LAHORE: The Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) denounced the beheading of yet another Pakistani citizen, Mohammad Imran, in Shumaisi prison of...
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Executions in Saudi..
(DAWN – Editorial) IN a travesty of justice, Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed a Pakistani woman. According to Justice Project Pakistan, Fatima Ijaz was...
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Pakistani couple..
(The Express Tribune – News Desk) Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry said on Thursday that two Pakistani nationals, a husband and wife, had been executed...
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(The Express Tribune – News Desk) Saudi Arabia’s interior ministry said on Thursday that two Pakistani nationals, a husband and wife, had been executed...
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Pakistan asked to..
(THE NATION) PR LAHORE – Justice Project Pakistan jointly held a screening at SAFMA of Pakistan’s first-ever review under the International Covenant of Civil...
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Innocence Handcuffed..
(THE BALOCHISTAN POINT – Masmoom Shahwani) QUETTA: He is only 14 but moved to courthouse in a prisoner delivery van along with other hardened...
View Report ملزم نابال�..
(نوائے وقت) اسلام آباد (آن لائن) سپریم کورٹ نے قتل کے مقدمے میں اٹھارہ سال سے پابند سلاسل رہنے والے ملزم عتیق کی رہائی...
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Pakistan and the..
THE NATION – Zainab Zeeshan Malik On 24-25 May, the Government of Pakistan was reviewed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child,...
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Torture rampant in..
(NEWS LENS PAKISTAN – Durdana Najam) Zainab Malik, heads advocacy at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), told News Lens Pakistan that Ahmad’s death was just...
View Report Torture rampant in..
(NEWS LENS PAKISTAN – Durdana Najam) Zainab Malik, heads advocacy at Justice Project Pakistan (JPP), told News Lens Pakistan that Ahmad’s death was just...
View ReportMental Health
Safia Bano case..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has said the right to dignity could never be taken away as it...
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Mental health in..
(DAWN – Editorial) THE mind can be a prison for anyone afflicted with a mental health disorder. But for the countless mentally ill prisoners...
View Report 29 Years on Death..
(THE NEW YORK TIMES – AP) ISLAMABAD — Kanizan Bibi was 16 when she was charged with murdering her employer’s wife and five children....
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Mentally ill..
(DAWN – Rana Bilal) Khizar Hayat, a mentally ill prisoner who spent the last 16 years of his life on death row, passed away...
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Pakistani doctors..
(THE WASHINGTON POST – Associated Press) ISLAMABAD — A rights group says court-appointed doctors have confirmed that a death row prisoner in Pakistan suffers from...
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(THE NEW YORK TIMES – The Associated Press) ISLAMABAD — A rights group says court-appointed doctors have confirmed that a death row prisoner in Pakistan...
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Medical board..
(DAWN – Rana Bilal) A medical board constituted on the orders of a Lahore sessions court has confirmed that a 50-year-old prisoner who was...
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LHC seeks report on..
(DAWN – Staff Reporter) LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought a report from the Punjab Prisons Department about the latest state of...
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(DAWN – Staff Reporter) LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought a report from the Punjab Prisons Department about the latest state of...
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Mentally-challenged..
(THE NEWS) LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh on Saturday lamented that mentally-ill prisoners in Pakistan were not given due consideration...
View Report محمد بن سلم..
(بی بی سی اردو ) مجھے ڈیڑھ ماہ بعد معلوم ہوا کہ میری 62 سالہ بیمار ماں سعودی جیل میں قید ہیں۔ جس عورت...
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No one is listening:..
(MIDDLE EAST EYE – Suddaf Chaudry) Mohamed Saeed sits on a bed, looking at pictures of his mother who has been held in a Saudi...
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More Pakistani..
(SAMAA TV) There has been an increase in the number of prisoners abroad since 2014, especially in Gulf countries, according to a Justice Project...
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How poor Pakistanis..
(THE ECONOMIST) THE LAST time Abdul Haq saw his son, the young man was bound for a new life, with a work visa in...
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3,240 Pakistanis..
(PAKISTAN TODAY – Staff Report) ISLAMABAD: A total of 3,240 Pakistani nationals are still languishing in the prisons of Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood...
View Report Lost in migration
(THE NEWS – Malaika Raza) Migrant workers are an integral part of Pakistan’s economy and the labour market. Remittances from the overseas workforce are not...
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Art installation..
(DAWN – Sheharyar Rizwan) An art installation, titled ‘Lost/Un-found’, was inaugurated on Wednesday at the Fatima Jinnah Park in Islamabad, commemorating the International Migrants...
View Report Art installation..
(DAWN – Sheharyar Rizwan) An art installation, titled ‘Lost/Un-found’, was inaugurated on Wednesday at the Fatima Jinnah Park in Islamabad, commemorating the International Migrants...
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20,000 Pakistanis..
(ARY NEWS) ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly has been informed that over 20,000 Pakistanis are currently imprisoned in 88 countries worldwide, ARY News reported. As...
View Report SC urges government..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) The Supreme Court of Pakistan has urged both federal and provincial governments to reconsider policies and enact or amend existing laws...
View Report Safia Bano case..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court Judge Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah has said the right to dignity could never be taken away as it...
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Importance of..
(THE NEWS) LAHORE:Justice Project Pakistan with support from Federal Republic of Germany hosted Technology for Justice Forum (T4JF) here on Saturday. The conference was dedicated...
View Report Independent..
(THE NEWS) LAHORE:Continuing its national anti-torture campaign titled ‘#CriminalizeTorture’, Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) Sunday held a panel discussion at the Lahore University of Management...
View Report Game launched to to..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) Justice Project Pakistan has launched a game to raise awareness about finding legal help for death row prisoners and their families. Named ‘This...
View Report IHC orders release..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE – Saqib Bashir) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered the release of over 400 prisoners as the number of...
View Report LHC tells jail..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) The Lahore High Court (LHC) has instructed the superintendents of jails to file bail applications of accused and convicts of various...
View Report LHC tells jail..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE) The Lahore High Court (LHC) has instructed the superintendents of jails to file bail applications of accused and convicts of various...
View ReportOpinion & Editorial
Mental health in..
(DAWN – Editorial) THE mind can be a prison for anyone afflicted with a mental health disorder. But for the countless mentally ill prisoners...
View Report Infected Prisoners
(DAWN – Editorial) ON Monday, the Supreme Court overturned earlier judgements made by the high courts to release under-trial prisoners in light of the...
View Report Prisoner release
(THE NEWS – Editorial) The concerns expressed by the SC regarding the issue of release of prisoners due to the corona outbreak are undoubtedly...
View Report Opinion: Pakistan..
(SAMAA – Asad Jamal) Pakistan’s Supreme Court has recently suspended orders given by the high courts and provincial governments that sought to send prisoners...
View Report Prisoners in a..
(THE NEWS) The finding that a prisoner at Camp Jail Lahore has tested positive for the coronavirus raises many fears. This prisoner had reached...
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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...
View Report 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...
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Prisoners and the..
(THE NEWS – Foqia Sadiq Khan) The disease caused by the coronavirus is here in Pakistan. We need to think of the most vulnerable in...
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(THE NEWS – Foqia Sadiq Khan) The disease caused by the coronavirus is here in Pakistan. We need to think of the most vulnerable in...
View ReportOverseas Pakistani
20,000 Pakistanis..
(ARY NEWS) ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly has been informed that over 20,000 Pakistanis are currently imprisoned in 88 countries worldwide, ARY News reported. As...
View Report Mentally-challenged..
(THE NEWS) LAHORE: Lahore High Court Chief Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh on Saturday lamented that mentally-ill prisoners in Pakistan were not given due consideration...
View Report No one is listening:..
(MIDDLE EAST EYE – Suddaf Chaudry) Mohamed Saeed sits on a bed, looking at pictures of his mother who has been held in a Saudi...
View Report More Pakistani..
(SAMAA TV) There has been an increase in the number of prisoners abroad since 2014, especially in Gulf countries, according to a Justice Project...
View Report How poor Pakistanis..
(THE ECONOMIST) THE LAST time Abdul Haq saw his son, the young man was bound for a new life, with a work visa in...
View Report 3,240 Pakistanis..
(PAKISTAN TODAY – Staff Report) ISLAMABAD: A total of 3,240 Pakistani nationals are still languishing in the prisons of Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood...
View Report Lost in migration
(THE NEWS – Malaika Raza) Migrant workers are an integral part of Pakistan’s economy and the labour market. Remittances from the overseas workforce are not...
View Report Art installation..
(DAWN – Sheharyar Rizwan) An art installation, titled ‘Lost/Un-found’, was inaugurated on Wednesday at the Fatima Jinnah Park in Islamabad, commemorating the International Migrants...
View Report Art installation..
(DAWN – Sheharyar Rizwan) An art installation, titled ‘Lost/Un-found’, was inaugurated on Wednesday at the Fatima Jinnah Park in Islamabad, commemorating the International Migrants...
View ReportPolice Torture
Independent..
(THE NEWS) LAHORE:Continuing its national anti-torture campaign titled ‘#CriminalizeTorture’, Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) Sunday held a panel discussion at the Lahore University of Management...
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Policing as Torture..
(THE EXPRESS TRIBUNE – Ahtshamul Haq) With the National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR) set to conduct hearings into nearly 1,500 instances of police torture...
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We will take action..
(DAILY TIMES – News Desk) FAISALABAD: The National Commission on Human Rights conducted its Preliminary Investigation into nearly 1,500 cases of torture reported by...
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Most militants..
(DAWN – Imtiaz Ali) KARACHI: Most of the 500 or so militants languishing in jails across the province belonged to low-income groups and were...
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پاکستان می�..
(بی بی سی اردو – شمائلہ جعفری) لاہور میں ڈیوس روڈ کے قریب ایک متوسط طبقے کی آبادی میں چند مرلوں پر مشتمل ایک...
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Protest against..
(DAWN) RAHIM YAR KHAN: Residents of Iqbalnagar protested against the A Division station house officer (SHO) for allegedly detaining a youth illegally, torturing him...
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(DAWN) GUJRAT: Jhelum district police officer on Sunday suspended Sadar police station in charge and four other policemen from service for their alleged involvement...
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‘Policemen..
(DAWN – Jamal Shahid) ISLAMABAD: Five police officials allegedly involved in detaining and torturing two teenagers will be dismissed from service in “two to...
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(DAWN – Jamal Shahid) ISLAMABAD: Five police officials allegedly involved in detaining and torturing two teenagers will be dismissed from service in “two to...
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