The distressing number of deaths has raised concerns regarding the treatment of inmates within the prison and whether they are provided with adequate medical facilities. These incidents cast doubt on the conditions and care provided to prisoners
KARACHI: Three Afghan men imprisoned in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi have died in jail from cancer and heart disease in the past four months, a Pakistani jailer and a senior Afghan diplomat told Arab News, with the latter alleging the prisoners were denied medical help. Afghans have been arriving in neighboring Pakistan to escape persecution by the Kabul regime, to