Tag: Prisoner

  Council of Europe Convention could enable Dr Aafia Siddiqui to return to Pakistan under prisoner swap deal PM takes serious notice Karachi law and order,...

The body of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, who succumbed to injuries at a Chandigarh hospital was brought back to his native town Sialkot on...

Sanaullah Haq, the Pakistani prisoner who was attacked in an India prison in Jammu last week, died in the Chandigarh Hospital on Thursday. “His condition...

A police constable was attacked by a prisoner on Friday when he asked the accused to submit to a search. According to details,...

Pakistan has carried out its first execution in over five years, sparking criticism from human rights activists. Jail official Abdullah Khan Niazi says authorities hanged...

A Pakistani fisherman has died in an Indian prison, media reports on Thursday. According to the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) sources, Nawaz Ali, the fisherman,...

Sindh Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Prison Ayaz Soomro has categorically stated that the present government would not execute the death penalty against...

A prisoner was killed in judicial lockup (bakhshi khana) of the city’s session court when another accused opened gunfire at him while the attacker...

Indian prisoner in Pakistan, Sarjeet Singh was released after 27 years from Kot Lakhpat Jail. He was handed over to Indian authorities at the border. In...

A voice over, an evil warden, an innocent prisoner, a daring escape through a sewer. No, it’s not ‘The Shawshank Redemption’. It’s ‘Snow White...

Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, convicted for alleged involvement in bomb attacks in 1990 in Pakistan, has sent a fresh clemency appeal to...

A local court on Friday sought report from the jail superintendent on a petition, seeking action against the officials of Adiyala Jail for beating...

Myanmar said Saturday it freed more than 300 political prisoners in its most significant amnesty yet, a move which prompted the United States to...

Israel began preparations on Thursday to release 550 Palestinian prisoners in the second stage of a deal with Hamas that brought home soldier Gilad...

An assailant impersonating as a lawyer shot injured his opponent, who was arrested by police in a murder case, within the premises of the...

Egypt and Israel are adding the “final touches” to a deal to swap an Israel-American detained in Cairo for a group of Egyptian prisoners...

Myanmar faced calls on Thursday to free its remaining political prisoners as the opposition expressed disappointment with a much-anticipated amnesty that left most key...