Tag: Prisoner

Three policemen on Sunday were arrested out of five allegedly involved in the case of setting an 18-year-old boy on fire in Faisalabad prison....

Despite the pleas of the members of the Labour Party of Pakistan (LPP), there has been little response by any state authorities regarding the...

A prisoner at the Peshawar Central Jail committed suicide by jumping into a well on Sunday, official sources said. Ajab Khan, 85-year-old and mentally...

Israel is to free 770 Israeli and Palestinian prisoners, including a founder of the Islamist movement Hamas, due to overcrowding, a prison services spokeswoman...

A 60-years-old prisoner detained in Camp Jail died on Sunday due to prolonged illness in the Services Hospital. The deceased was identified as Muhammad...

Pakistan and India on Friday simultaneously exchanged annual lists of prisoners in other’s custody in Islamabad and New Delhi. According to Article (i) of the...

A down in the dumps prisoner injured a constable in district courts lock-up, Bakhshi Khan, as he attacked him with a blade over a...

The launching ceremony of a renowned intellectual and political leader Raja Anwar’s new book titled “Qabar KiAghosh” was held at the Punjab University (PU)...

LAHORE - Pakistan released one of its longest-serving Indian prisoners on Thursday after more than 23 years behind bars, accepting a call for his freedom on humanitarian grounds, officials said.
President Asif Ali Zardari ordered the release of Gopal Das late last month after an appeal from India's Supreme Court.
Das was handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border crossing, confirmed Mehboob Hussain, spokesman for the paramilitary rangers at Wagah.
"Das was

ISLAMABAD - President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday remitted the remaining jail sentence of Indian convict Gopal Das detained for the past 27 years on humanitarian grounds. Spokesperson to the President Farhatullah Babar said that the remission was granted on the advice of the prime minister to honour the appeal of the Supreme Court of India to the Government of Pakistan.
In a statement, he said that several Indian newspapers recently reported that in an unusual step the Supreme

LHAORE - Mehmood, 45, a prisoner at Camp Jail died in jail on Wednesday under circumstances yet to be established. Mehmood was a resident of Pakpattan. Police were said to have arrested him over a dacoity case. Mehmood's heirs alleged Camp Jail police officials tortured him to death. The body was shifted to the city morgue for autopsy.
Burnt: Ifran, 3, admitted to Mayo Hospital, expired from serious burn injuries sustained in a fire at his house in Shafiqabad on Wednesday.

LAHORE - A prisoner detained in the Camp Jail died mysteriously on Tuesday. The doctors at the Jinnah Hospital say that he died of cardiac arrest. Muhammad Fayaz (39), a Shadbagh resident, was sent to the Camp Jail on charges of owing illegal drugs some months ago.
Yesterday, Fayaz fell unconscious and was shifted to the Jinnah Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Fayaz's relatives were informed by the police and later the body was given to its heirs after the autopsy.