Tag: schizophrenia
Death warrant issued for ‘schizophrenia patient’ Hayat
--Sessions court orders former police constable's execution at Lahore jail on Jan 15
--Death warrants for Hayat have been issued thrice previously
LAHORE: A district and...
LHC dismisses petition seeking delay in ‘schizophrenic’ cop’s execution
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) Thursday rejected a petition for staying the execution of a "schizophrenic" cop, Khizar Hayat, noting that the condemned was “convicted...
Pakistan urged to not target mentally ill people with death penalty
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Pakistan to remove people with mental disabilities from death row as it violates “country’s international legal obligations”.
In a...
Medical board recommends treatment for death row prisoner suffering from schizophrenia
A medical board appointed upon the directives of District and Sessions court confirmed that a 63-year-old man currently on death row suffers from schizophrenia...
Ghazal singer Gulbahar Bano sent back to brother’s house after medical...
BAHAWALPUR: Legendary ghazal singer Gulbahar Bano who was recovered from her brother’s house on Tuesday night and shifted to a hospital has now been...
SC directs mentally ill death-row inmate to be medically examined
The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the formation of a medical board of noted psychiatrists to re-examine death-row inmate Imdad Ali, who is a...
CJP calls it absurd to execute mentally ill individuals
--Justice Nisar says international legal systems unequivocally forbid executions of mentally ill persons
LAHORE: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday reconsidered the death sentences handed to...
Avatars can help patients with schizophrenia
An experimental therapy for people with schizophrenia that brings them face to face with a computer avatar representing the tormenting voices in their heads...
Mentally ill prisoner Imdad Ali to be executed on November 2
The authorities issued a death warrant for a mentally ill condemned prisoner on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled that his schizophrenia is “not...
