under trial prisoners

Express serious concern over prompt fixing of plea against release of prisoners from Adiala

CJP forms five-member larger bench to hear plea on 30th

Official says high court is not empowered to take suo motu notice on any issue under Article 199

PBC asks all high courts to follow IHC’s example to avoid virus in crowded jails

Total capacity of the jails is 60,022 but the total number of people imprisoned in is 75,813

Overcrowding in jails is resulting in compromising medical and hygiene facilities being provided to prisoners

Two jail personnel facilitated the escape of prisoners from central jail

Garbed in ordinary clothes with their beards shaved, prisoners walked out Judicial Complex gate