Court orders medical facilities for Covid-19 positive prisoner

Published
0

The Sindh High Court has directed jail authorities to provide all necessary medical facilities to an undertrial prisoner who had tested positive for Covid-19.

The 73-year-old prisoner, Akbar Minhas, through his lawyer moved the SHC seeking bail on medical grounds.

His counsel Asad Ashfaq argued that besides being a patient of Covid-19, the petitioner had also been suffering from multiple ailments and needed urgent medical attention and rehabilitative care.

Read more here.

Opinion

Editorial

After the talks
Updated 05 Oct, 2026

After the talks

Considering how close they came to a solution, govt and opposition teams should reconvene to give the talks another chance.
Child safety online
Updated 05 Oct, 2026

Child safety online

Pakistani children are spending more of their lives online, but the safeguards around them are not keeping pace.
Rising public debt
05 Oct, 2026

Rising public debt

Pakistan’s public debt has surged by 76pc to Rs86.7tr in four years, according to a new government report.
Yemen offensive
Updated 04 Oct, 2026

Yemen offensive

The best option, therefore, is for Muslim and Arab states to help restore the Saudi-Houthi ceasefire.
Growth transition
04 Oct, 2026

Growth transition

PRIME Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent call to move from stabilisation to growth, job creation and export ...
Protection at risk
04 Oct, 2026

Protection at risk

THE recent warning from UNHCR should alarm donor governments. Nearly 8.3m refugees and other forcibly displaced...