Amid an imminent threat of spread of coronavirus, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered the release of under-trial prisoners (UTPs) detained in Rawalpindi’s overcrowded Adiala jail in minor crimes and directed the Islamabad police not to make arrest in petty matters.

IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah issued the directives while taking up a petition based on a report of the high court’s judicial branch on Islamabad-based UTPs.

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