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SC reserves ruling on review pleas by Punjab, mentally ill death row convicts


January 8, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its ruling on a set of review petitions instituted by the Punjab government and some mentally sick death row prisoners against execution of convicts suffering from mental illnesses, including schizophrenia. Before closing the proceedings, however, a five-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik solicited opinion of all the provincial governments …

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