ISLAMABAD: Over 5,189 prisoners with HIV/AIDS and other fatal diseasesdying in Pakistan jails, No local or foreign medical facility madeavailable.
As per report, 5,189 prisoners in jails across the country are sufferingfrom HIV/AIDS and other deadly diseases, showed a report submitted to theIslamabad High Court (IHC) by Federal Minister for Human Rights ShireenMazari.
The court had earlier formed a commission, headed by Shireen Mazari, formaking a complete report about the facilities and recommendations forreforms in jails, *The Newslink* reported.
IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah resumed the hearing of a petition filed bya prisoner Khadim Hussain against poor health facilities in jails.
The report revealed that some 425 prisoners were diagnosed of HIV/AIDS.
A further breakdown of the cases showed that in Punjab 225 male and twofemale convicts were suffering from the disease, 115 male and one female inSindh was found contracted with the disease, while 39 cases were found inKhyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and 13 in Balochistan.
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Mazari’s report also showed that 65 per cent of the prisoners in jail areyet to be convicted as their cases are pending with the courts.
The report shared that decisions of 55 per cent cases in Punjab, 71 percent in KP, 70 per cent in Sindh and 59 per cent in Balochistan have notbeen announced.
It further adds that 290 male and eight female prisoners in Punjab, 50 inSindh, 235 in KP and 11 in Balochistan are mental patients.
