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Pakistan

Punjab govt grants 90-day sentence remission to prisoners ahead of Eid ul Azha

Relief granted under Rule 216 of Pakistan Prisons Rules, 1978

Published 05 Jun, 2025 02:41pm

Pakistan

Fugitive from Malir jail found dead in Maripur

Recorded video of absconder's confession surfaces after his death

Published 05 Jun, 2025 01:18pm

Life & Style

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologise for supporting Masterson

The “That ’70s Show” star was sentenced to 30 years in rape charges

Published 10 Sep, 2023 09:34am

Life & Style

Actor Chrisann Pereira recalls her horrible UAE prison life

She was arrested in a drug case

Published 29 Apr, 2023 10:08am

Pakistan

KP’s overcrowded jails a cesspool of infectious diseases for prisoners

Documents provided under RTI show 196 inmates have HIV, Hepatitis and TB

Updated 03 Jan, 2023 05:44pm

World

At least 49 inmates die in Colombia prison riot and fire

Tragedy occurs when rioting inmates set a fire to try to prevent police from entering their enclosure at the prison

Published 28 Jun, 2022 07:28pm

Pakistan

Islamabad’s ‘modern’ prison not complete even after 10 years

PM Shehbaz seeks report over delays, orders completion within a year

Published 27 Jun, 2022 06:15pm

World

South Korea's ex-president Park returns home after prison

The former president has spent nearly five years in prison following a conviction on corruption charges

Published 24 Mar, 2022 03:33pm

World

Air strike on Yemen prison leaves at least 70 dead

UN chief Antonio Guterres condemns assault; Saudi-led coalition denies carried out the strike

Published 22 Jan, 2022 10:58am

World

Fire at overcrowded Indonesian prison kills 41

The fire, the country's most deadly since 47 perished in a firework factory disaster in 2017, broke out in a Tangerang Prison block

Published 08 Sep, 2021 01:25pm

U.N. experts urge UAE to halt repatriation of ex-Guantanamo inmate

A Russian who spent 15 years at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo and was released to the United Arab Emirates...

Published 03 Jul, 2021 12:47pm