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SC seeks assistance on mentally-ill death-row inmates
Medical board submits reports on two schizophrenic inmates
Supreme Court of Pakistan. PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
A larger bench of the Supreme Court on Tuesday asked amici curiae to assist it on the questions as to why mentally-ill prisoners could not be executed and whether they could be hanged if they recover after treatment.
The five-member bench, headed by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik, was hearing clubbed petitions of Kanizan Bibi, Imdad Ali and Ghulam Abbas, who have spent 30, 18 and 14 years, respectively, on death row, while exhibiting acute symptoms of mental illness.
During the hearing, a medical board constituted by the apex court submitted its reports, regarding two mentally-ill death-row prisoners, declaring both the inmates as schizophrenic patients.