Topic: Prisoners

Tags: colombo frees 1,400 prisoners
February 05, 2012

Colombo frees 1,400 prisoners

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka freed 1,414 convicts on Saturday to mark the country's 64th anniversary of ...

Tags: govt remission prisoners sentences
February 02, 2012

Govt for remission in prisoners' sentences

Islamabad  - Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani on Wednesday advised President Asif Ali ...

Tags: spymasters produce prisoners
January 31, 2012

SC orders spymasters to produce prisoners

ISLAMABAD - The Supreme Court hearing the case of 11 missing prisoners from Adiala Jail on Monday ...

Tags: kyrgyz prisoners sew lips protest
January 26, 2012

Kyrgyz prisoners sew lips in protest

BISHKEK - Nearly 7,000 prisoners were on a hunger strike Wednesday in Kyrgyzstan with more than ...

Tags: ‘vip’ prisoners rule roost jail
January 17, 2012

‘VIP’ prisoners rule the roost in jail

LAHORE – Dozens of ‘high profile’ prisoners at a high security prison (HSP) in ...

Tags: prisoners ‘enjoy’ punishment families
January 09, 2012

Prisoners to ‘enjoy’ punishment with families

KARACHI (PPI) - The prisoners would enjoy punishment days with their families in Chounras (huts) of ...

Tags: prisoners pawns politics
January 08, 2012

Prisoners are not pawns in politics

KULDIP NAYARPrisoners in all countries of the subcontinent, whether India, Pakistan or Bangladesh, ...

Tags: Special Remission Granted Prisoners
August 18, 2011

Special remission granted to prisoners

ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari has granted special remission in the sentences of ...

Tags: Trusts Watercoolers Donated Prisoners
July 05, 2011

Trusts water-coolers donated for prisoners

LAHORE (PR) Rizvia Trust, Central Commercial Market, Model Town has donated two electric water ...

Tags: Undertrial Prisoners Statutory Bail
April 19, 2011

Under-trial prisoners to get statutory bail

ISLAMABAD (APP) - President Asif Ali Zardari Monday singed the Code of Criminal Procedure ...

Tags: Rs 42m Prisoners Treatment Shc Told
March 17, 2011

Rs 42m for prisoners treatment, SHC told

KARACHI Sindh High Court on Wednesday adjourned hearing on a constitutional petition regarding ...

Tags: Bahrain Frees Prisoners Mollify Protesters
February 24, 2011

Bahrain frees prisoners to mollify protesters

MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain has released 23 Shias accused of trying to topple the island's Sunni ...

Tags: Pak Prisoners Repatriated Thai Jails Eid
September 01, 2010

9 Pak prisoners to be repatriated from Thai jails before Eid

ISLAMABAD - Partly complying with the Supreme Courts orders, some nine Pakistani prisoners in ...

Tags: Human Hand Sehri Prisoners
August 28, 2010

Human hand found in sehri for prisoners

JAM SAJJAD HUSSAIN & AMRAIZ KHAN LAHORE - A human hand was found from the meal (sehri) offered to ...

Tags: Shc Orders Prisoners Treatment
April 20, 2010

SHC orders prisoners' treatment

KARACHI - The Sindh High Court on Monday ordered Sindh Health Department and Sindh Aids Control ...

Tags: Prisoners Plaint Accepted
April 18, 2010

Prisoners plaint accepted

LAHORE - The District and Session Judge Lahore has directed the jail authorities to provide ...

Tags: 19 Foreign Prisoners Imprisoned
November 01, 2009

19 foreign prisoners still imprisoned

KARACHI - A total of 19 foreign prisoners of Tajikistan, Bangladesh, India, Mozambique, Tanzania, ...

Tags: Israel Mistreats Women Prisoners Group
July 16, 2009

Israel mistreats women prisoners: HR group

JERUSALEM (AFP) - A Palestinian human rights group slammed Israeli treatment of Palestinian female ...

Tags: Iraq Slams Law Pardoning Sunni Prisoners
May 24, 2009

Iraq PM slams law pardoning mainly Sunni prisoners

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqs Shia leader vowed on Saturday to amend a law meant to foster sectarian ...

Tags: Tnsm Demands 220 Taliban Prisoners release
March 20, 2009

TNSM demands 220 Taliban prisoners release

SWAT - Tehrik-e-Nefaz-e-Shariat-e-Muhammadi (TNSM) in peace dialogue with the provincial government ...

Tags: Burney Halt Hangings Condemned Prisoners
February 09, 2009

Burney for halt to hangings of condemned prisoners

KARACHI (PPI) - Ansar Burney Trust International Chairman and former Federal Minister for Human ...

Tags: Law Undertrial Prisoners Bail Cards
February 07, 2009

Law for under-trial prisoners' bail on cards

KARACHI - The Law Minister of Sindh Muhammad Ayaz Soomro has said that law to allow bail for under ...

Tags: Aclu Protests Forcefeeding Gitmo Prisoners
January 11, 2009

ACLU protests force-feeding Gitmo prisoners

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) wrote a letter to US Secretary of ...

Tags: French Court Hear Appeal Exgitmo Prisoners
November 16, 2008

French court to hear appeal of 5 ex-Gitmo prisoners

PARIS (AFP) - A Paris court on Monday is to hear an appeal by five former French detainees at the ...

Tags: Prisoners Escape Jail Five Rearrested
October 04, 2008

Prisoners escape from jail; five re-arrested

KARACHI - Six criminals, arrested under different charges, tried to escape from police lock-up at ...

Tags: Prisoners Dietary Charges Raised Rs1957 Rs50
September 09, 2008

Prisoners' dietary charges raised from Rs19.57 to Rs50

LAHORE - Punjab government has increased the dietary charges of prisoners from Rs 19.57 to Rs 50 ...

Tags: Announced Prisoners Nonmuslim Relief
August 12, 2008

Relief for non-Muslim prisoners announced

LAHORE - The Punjab Government has decided remission in the punishment to those non-Muslim ...