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 chairing high level meeting at CM House…
–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 in the prisons of the Kingdom of…
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 Pakistani prisoners in Saudi jails, hours after Prince Mohammad…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday handed over a list of Indian prisoners in the country to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad while the two countries also exchanged a list of nuclear installations…
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, officials said Sunday. Superintendent Jail Mansoor Akbar while…
GENEVA: Iran executed three Iranian Kurdish men accused of belonging to a militant group and taking part in attacks against civilians and security forces in the Kurdish region of western Iran, the…
Upper House passes resolution to criminalise enforced disappearances Discussion on ‘rigging’ postponed till Friday owing to lack of quorum 6, 450 Pakistanis imprisoned in Gulf countries ISLAMABAD: After agreeing to hold a debate…
An accountability court has directed authorities concerned to submit compliance reports regarding the provision of medical facilities to prisoners in the Karachi Central Jail, reported a local media outlet. Sindh health secretary…
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 Lawai are receiving medical in treatment in two…
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 of electing lawmakers for the next five years.…
KABUL: An Afghan military spokesman says elite commando units have freed dozens of prisoners held by the Taliban, including women and children, in an early morning operation in southern Helmand province. The…
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 activities, including the use of mobile phones and…
US yet to charge three detainees at Guantanamo Bay facility despite lapse of 16 years Afghan authorities reticent on providing consular access to 211 detainees at Bagram ISLAMABAD: It seems that the…
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 as a source of rehabilitation, reported a local…
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 in the court when his health deteriorated.…
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday once again issued notices to federal authorities on a petition seeking repatriation of 17 Pakistani prisoners languishing in Indian jails despite serving their terms.…
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, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention said…
