6SharesThe under-trial prisoners will not be released due to coronavirus outbreak in the country, as the Islamabad High Court (IHC)’s earlier decision to this effect has been overturned by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. The SC based its verdict on grounds that the high courts do not have the powers to take suo motu notices […]
14SharesDisgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison. Weinstein was found guilty of a first-degree criminal sexual act against production assistant Miriam Haley and third-degree rape of aspiring actress Jessica Mann. Dozens of women came forward since October 2017 to accuse the once-mighty Hollywood figure of a series of violations […]
Official sources have been highlighting some alarming facts about the justice system and prisoners in Pakistan. Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari herself appeared before the Islamabad High Court to present a report from a commission constituted by the court. The most worrying fact, as reported by Dawn, is that more than half of the prisoners […]