Tag: Death Penalty
Activists hail SC orders for mentally-ill death row inmates
September 23rd, 2020; By Rehan Piracha; LAHORE; Activists hailed the development of the Supreme Court ordering medical examination of two mentally-ill prisoners on death row saying it’s time to bring about reforms to alleviate the plight of hundreds of mentally ill prisoners in the country's jails.
Public hanging, castration against int’l conventions: lawyers
September 15th, 2020; By Ahmad Saeed; LAHORE; Senior lawyers say that PM Imran Khan’s proposal to publicly execute or chemically castrate rape convicts is unworkable and against the int’l convention ratified by Pakistan. They say that certainty of punishment is better deterrence than severity.
