Pakistan releases 42 Afghans from its different jails

Dec 25, 2021

Nangarhar [Afghanistan], December 25 : Pakistan on Friday released 42 Afghans from different jails and handed over them to Afghan officials in Torkham, a...

Pakistan: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial jails swamped with inmates

Sep 01, 2021

Islamabad [Pakistan] September 1 : Pakistan opposition on Tuesday informed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly that several prisons in the province are highly overcrowded.

Corruption rife in Pak jails: Human Rights Ministry's report

Jan 16, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 16 : A report presented by Pakistan's Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) on Saturday revealed that corruption is rife in the...

JSMM accused Pakistan of turning Sindh jails into 'torture cells'

May 09, 2026

The Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM) has accused Pakistani authorities of carrying out systematic torture and human rights abuses against political activists and ordinary...

Press freedom under siege in Pakistan as PECA jails journalist

Apr 26, 2026

According to Dawn, Rehman had been detained a day earlier under the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), with the agency accusing him of...

CISF to takeover security of Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu this week

Oct 18, 2023

Srinagar and Kot Bhalwal jails of Jammu and Kashmir are very sensitive. Several dreaded terrorists and notorious criminals are lodged in these jails. There...