The Punjab Home Department has launched modern Prison Welfare Stores in all nine central jails across the province, aiming to improve inmate welfare through affordable and transparent shopping facilities. Authorities officially inaugurated the latest welfare store at Central Jail Lahore during a ceremony attended by senior prison and government officials on Thursday. Officials stated that […]
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Balochistan High Court Rules Terror Convicts Ineligible for Clemency or Remission
QUETTA — The Balochistan High Court (BHC) has ruled that prisoners convicted under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) 1997 are not entitled to general or special remission, pardons, or clemency, affirming that Section 21-F of the law categorically excludes such convicts from any sentence reduction. A two-member bench comprising Justice Muhammad Kamran Khan Mulakhail and Justice […]