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Are 66 schools enough for 300k children?
SHC seeks report, improvements in educational facilities; questions vacancies
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US executes first woman on federal death row in nearly seven decades
Lisa Montgomery is the first female prisoner to be executed by the US government since 1953
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Pakistan suspends executions during Ramazan
Decision to temporarily suspend death penalty taken in view of sanctity of the holy month
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SC admits petition of convict on death row for 18 years
Bench asks registrar office to fix the matter within one month
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SC allows lawyers of four convicts to review death penalty
Asks counsels to come prepared on the next hearing
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Pakistani death-row prisoner Zulfikar Ali passes away in Indonesia
Suffering from chronic liver and Diabetes Mellitus, Ali was moved to ICU earlier today
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Can not dispense justice if false testimonies, witnesses presented, says Justice Khosa
Legal fraternity debates over high acquittal of death row prisoners by special bench
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Despite having power, president summarily rejects clemency petitions
Top human rights officials call for reforms in process to bring it in line with international obligations
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SC converts death sentence of woman to life imprisonment after eight years
Justice Dost Mohammad Khan was in favour of acquittal
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After issuing black warrants: ‘Convicts afforded too little time to reach compromise’
PHC had rejected petition noting that petitioners spent over a decade in jail but failed to agree on ‘diyat’
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Seeking redemption: Death row prisoner asks PHC's permission to pursue higher education
Ahmad completed masters in English from Hazara University as a private candidate during incarceration
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Blasphemy convict Aasia Bibi nominated for EU human rights award
Christian fruit picker and mother of five was convicted of blasphemy and sentenced to death in 2010
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US inmate eats possible last meal as courts consider his fate
He dined on fried chicken, bread, beans, mashed potatoes and strawberry cake
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‘You cannot take away life which you cannot give’
Play showcases the plight of prisoners on death row
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A crippled justice system
Once again the justice system is revealed as deeply flawed
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Top court frees another death-row convict after a decade
Prosecution unable to present evidence against accused
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Free at last: After a decade in jail, death row inmates acquitted by SC
Judges cited flaws in post-mortem reports as well as false testimonies of witnesses
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Supreme Court acquits death row prisoner jailed for 20 years
Top court acquits Mazhar Farooq after extending benefit of doubt
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Pakistani drug convict in Indonesia urges govt to intervene in halting execution
Zulfiqar Ali was arrested in November 2004 in connection with a 300-gram heroine case in Jakart
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Execution: Death warrants issued
The judge ordered the execution of Zulifqar on February 3 at Kot Lakhpat Jail
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On Death Row: Two convicts to be hanged on Tuesday
Death warrants for both the convicts, Faisal Aleem and Muhammad Iqbaluddin, have been issued
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Robbery: Reprieve warrants issued for death row convict
Saeed Muhammad, sentenced to death and 10 years imprisonment, was acquitted of the charges earlier this month
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Walking the tightrope: Kaniza Bibi among 47 women on death row in Pakistan
The thin line between death penalty and gender-based violence
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Death row inmates denied rights in Indonesia: Amnesty
London-based rights group claims in new report that foreign death row inmates were denied proper legal assistance
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How to hang a paralysed prisoner?
Abdul Basit is scheduled to be executed in Faisalabad on September 22
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To the gallows: Murder convict to be hanged on Sept 15
Family makes last gasp efforts to cut deal with victim’s family