Karachi: The pain and anguish of what a prisoner undergoes when he is in jail, despite being cleared from court is something that our legal system does not feel. Prisoners, who have completed their full terms and are still behind bars can only convey their anger, frustration and sheer helplessness against the pathetic speed of legal proceedings.

There are several prisoners who have been granted impunity by court and are still awaiting their release orders, hence spending 2 or 3 years more in jails than what they deserve. Hundreds are also …

OKARA: Jamaat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hasan has said that the Fauzia Wahab’s statement suggests that the PPP has made up its mind to trigger a conformation between state institutions.

Speaking to newsmen in Okara on Sunday, he said it appears from Fauzia Wahab’s rhetoric that nothing will survive over confrontation between state organs.
The JI chief said there is a difference between Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani’s statements and PPP’s actions.
“Despite Supreme Court’s clear ruling on President’s immunity, Nawaz Sharif is hesitant to speak on the issue and …

PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitian police were holding 10 US citizens late Saturday on suspicion they tried to slip out of the country with 31 Haitian children in a trafficking scheme, a government minister said.

Haitian Social Affairs Minister Yves Christallin said the police arrested five men and five women with US passports, and two Haitians, as they tried to cross into the Dominican Republic with the children Friday night.
He said two pastors were also involved, one in Haiti and one in Atlanta, Georgia.
“This is an abduction, not an adoption,” said Christallin.
Christallin said the …

PERTH: Pakistan could not avoid the whitewash after making a great fight back as Australia won the thrilling contest by two wickets with four balls remaining in the fifth and the final One-day International here at the WACA ground on Sunday.

Needing only three runs in the final over with two wickets in hand, Australia lost Nathan Hauritz on the first ball by Rao Iftikhar Anjum for 18.
Then Ryan Harris playing next ball was caught in the covers by Shahid Afridi but umpire Asoka de Silva called no-ball and thus Australia …

Faislabad: Lahore High Court Chief Justice has taken a suo moto notice of the riots erupted in Faisalabad Jail the other day.

Chief Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif while taking suo moto notice, ordered the Sessions Judge Faisalabad to immediately initiate probe into the matter. He also directed the Superintendent Jail to appear before the court along with all the record on February 2 in this connection.
On the other hand, a prisoner of the said jail claimed that as many as 50 captives got injured in police shelling in firing. According to …

KARACHI: Fresh violence has claimed at least 15 lives in last 24 hours in separate incidents of target-killings in Karachi.

The deadly incidents of target-killings continued from Friday night in which two people were killed while some 13 more lost their lives on Saturday.
Panic gripped various areas including Orangi Town and adjacent localities where nine people have so far been killed in the recent wave of target killings.
According to the reports, tension escalated on Friday when activists of Awami National Party (ANP) were engaged in an opening ceremony of new …