Category: Custodial torture
Jail Dy superintendent booked for torturing prisoner
Police Friday registered a case against 12 staffers, including a deputy superintendent, for allegedly torturing a prisoner at Shahpur Jail. Ghulam Gilani, an accused involved in a murder case at Shahpur Jail alleged in his petition to the Additional Sessions court that 12 staffers, including Deputy Superintendent Baber Naeem, Assistant Superintendent Waqar Ahmad, Aslam Hayat, […]
Zardari calls for adoption of bill against torture
ISLAMABAD: Former president Asif Ali Zardari Wednesday called for promoting the culture of tolerance, respect for human rights, diversity, and pluralism. In his message on International Human Rights which is being observed today (Thursday) he noted that Islam also teaches deep respect for rights of all human beings, including the freedom and the right […]
