SC offers relief to mentally ill convicts
Commutes death sentence of two prisoners to life imprisonment
Supreme Court. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
ISLAMABAD/
LAHORE:
In a landmark verdict, the top court has commuted the death sentence of two mentally challenged patients – who have been behind bars for decades – to life imprisonment while also asking the authorities to avoid a limited definition of mental disorders.
A five-judge larger bench presided over by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik issued a 51-page judgment on petitions filed by the families of convicts after hearing the case at the Supreme Court Lahore Registry. Without touching on the mental health condition of the convict Imdad Ali, we have observed that there are sufficient reasons and circumstances available on record that warrant the conversion of the prisoner s death sentence to imprisonment for life, stated the verdict released on Wednesday.
SC offers relief to mentally ill convicts
Commutes death sentence of two prisoners to life imprisonment
Supreme Court. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
ISLAMABAD/
LAHORE:
In a landmark verdict, the top court has commuted the death sentence of two mentally challenged patients – who have been behind bars for decades – to life imprisonment while also asking the authorities to avoid a limited definition of mental disorders.
A five-judge larger bench presided over by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik issued a 51-page judgment on petitions filed by the families of convicts after hearing the case at the Supreme Court Lahore Registry. Without touching on the mental health condition of the convict Imdad Ali, we have observed that there are sufficient reasons and circumstances available on record that warrant the conversion of the prisoner s death sentence to imprisonment for life, stated the verdict released on Wednesday.
Six of a family perish in Mian Channu crash
CM Buzdar seeks report of accident from authorities
Road accident. PHOTO: EXPRESS
MIAN CHANNU:
At least six members of a family were killed in a tragic road accident on Mohsinwal Jandiali Road in the suburbs of Mian Channu when a speeding car lost control and rammed into a tree.
The man who was driving the vehicle, his wife and a son died on the spot. Rescue 1122 sources said a tyre of the vehicle burst due to speeding and the car hit a tree.
The family was travelling to Mohsinwal. Six people, Malik Eid Mohammad, his wife Razia Bibi, sons Saifullah and Abdullah, Saifullah’s wife Mariam Bibi and granddaughter one-year-old Aima while Muqaddas Bibi was severely injured.
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