Tag: prisons

KP govt computerises prisoners’ record in 14 jails

PESHAWAR: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government has computerised the record of prisoners in 14 jails of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) so that speedy information can be...

A possible solution of the rotting conditions in prisons of Pakistan

By Salman Tahir   “They are criminals and they deserve no better”. This is how people talk about the rotting state of prisoners. It is easier...

Govt transforming prisons into reformation centres: minister

LAHORE: Provincial Minister for Prisons Malik Ahmed Yar Hinjra on Tuesday said that jail reforms initiated by the Punjab government had given positive results and...

Punjab takes top slot with most overcrowded prisons in country

LAHORE: Prisons all over the country are overcrowded, and a decrease in the number of criminals on death row and foreign convicts has been...

KP CS reviews situation of prisons in province

  PESHAWAR: A high-level meeting, chaired by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Secretary (CS) Muhammad Azam Khan discussed the affairs and issues of the KP prisons...

PTI successfully tackling overcrowding in KP jails: Malik Qasim

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa chief minister’s Adviser on Prisons Malik Qasim Khan said on Thursday that overcrowding in jails of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was a big...

No dengue patient in jails: IG prisons

IG Prisons Mian Farooq Nazir has said that not a single case of dengue patient had been reported in any jail of Punjab during...