Death row

SHC seeks report, improvements in educational facilities; questions vacancies

Lisa Montgomery is the first female prisoner to be executed by the US government since 1953

Decision to temporarily suspend death penalty taken in view of sanctity of the holy month

Bench asks registrar office to fix the matter within one month

Asks counsels to come prepared on the next hearing

Suffering from chronic liver and Diabetes Mellitus, Ali was moved to ICU earlier today

Legal fraternity debates over high acquittal of death row prisoners by special bench

Top human rights officials call for reforms in process to bring it in line with international obligations

Justice Dost Mohammad Khan was in favour of acquittal

PHC had rejected petition noting that petitioners spent over a decade in jail but failed to agree on ‘diyat’

Ahmad completed masters in English from Hazara University as a private candidate during incarceration

Christian fruit picker and mother of five was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death in 2010

He dined on fried chicken, bread, beans, mashed potatoes and strawberry cake

Play showcases the plight of prisoners on death row

Once again the justice system is revealed as deeply flawed

Prosecution unable to present evidence against accused

Judges cited flaws in post-mortem reports as well as false testimonies of witnesses

Top court acquits Mazhar Farooq after extending benefit of doubt

Zulfiqar Ali was arrested in November 2004 in connection with a 300-gram heroine case in Jakart

The judge ordered the execution of Zulifqar on February 3 at Kot Lakhpat Jail

Death warrants for both the convicts, Faisal Aleem and Muhammad Iqbaluddin, have been issued

Saeed Muhammad, sentenced to death and 10 years imprisonment, was acquitted of the charges earlier this month

The thin line between death penalty and gender-based violence

London-based rights group claims in new report that foreign death row inmates were denied proper legal assistance

Abdul Basit is scheduled to be executed in Faisalabad on September 22

Family makes last gasp efforts to cut deal with victim’s family