Tag: Prisoners
Health minister orders AIDS screening of prisoners in Punjab jails
LAHORE: Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmeen Rashid has directed for HIV/AIDS screening of every prisoner in 41 prisons of Punjab.
She passed these directions while...
Royal decree issued for release of 2,107 Pakistani prisoners
--PIA CEO says national flag carrier ready to bring back prisoners
A royal decree was issued on Tuesday ordering the release of Pakistani prisoners languishing...
Saudi crown prince orders immediate release of 2,107 Pakistani prisoners
Federal Minister for Information Fawad Chaudhry on Monday announced that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman had ordered the immediate release of over 2,000...
Pakistan, India exchange lists of prisoners, nuclear facilities
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday handed over a list of Indian prisoners in the country to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad while the two...
Construction of women, children barracks at Adiala sought
RAWALPINDI: The jail administration has sent to the provincial government a summary seeking the construction of new women and children barracks at the Adiala Jail,...
Iran executes three Kurdish prisoners accused of militant attacks
GENEVA: Iran executed three Iranian Kurdish men accused of belonging to a militant group and taking part in attacks against civilians and security forces...
Senate discusses election rigging, enforced disappearances
Upper House passes resolution to criminalise enforced disappearances
Discussion on 'rigging' postponed till Friday owing to lack of quorum
6, 450 Pakistanis...
Court seeks compliance reports regarding medical facilities for prisoners
An accountability court has directed authorities concerned to submit compliance reports regarding the provision of medical facilities to prisoners in the Karachi Central Jail,...
Sharjeel, Lawai receive VIP treatment in finest hospitals as prisoners
KARACHI: Two high profile prisoners including Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader and former provincial information minister Sharjeel Memon’s and Asif Zardari's close aide Hussain...
80,000 prisoners denied right to vote in upcoming elections
KARACHI: 80,000 prisoners in jail cells across the country, who despite having the “right and facility”, have been denied their role in the democratic process...
Afghan troops free prisoners held by Taliban; bomb wounds 6
KABUL: An Afghan military spokesman says elite commando units have freed dozens of prisoners held by the Taliban, including women and children, in an...
Illegal activities surge in jails under officials’ nose
LAHORE: A so-called rate list to accept bribes is fixed in different jails of the provincial capital by which prisoners are ‘allowed’ to do illegal...
Pakistani prisoners at Guantanamo, Bagram await freedom
US yet to charge three detainees at Guantanamo Bay facility despite lapse of 16 years
Afghan authorities reticent on providing consular access to...
‘80% prisoners being imparted education in Sargodha district jail’
SARGODHA: Sargodha Jail Superintendent Syed Muhammad Anjum said at least 80% of the jail prisoners are being imparted education while the jails are being introduced...
Two prisoners mysteriously die in Karachi’s central jail
KARACHI: Two prisoners, Zahid Saghir and Naseer Abid, mysteriously died in Karachi central jail on Thursday.
According to the police, Abid was brought to appear...
SHC issues notices to federal govt on repatriation of Pakistani prisoners...
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday once again issued notices to federal authorities on a petition seeking repatriation of 17 Pakistani prisoners...
UN body says US detention of Pakistani at Guantanamo Bay unlawful
GENEVA: A Pakistani man held at the US-run Guantanamo Bay detention facility since 2006 should be released immediately and given a right to compensation,...
