Chancing upon a history quiz on YouTube, I was a bit intrigued by a question on Winston Churchill. Though I vaguely had some idea about what it was about, I was a bit taken aback by how it was.
For years, the advent of the first of May would raise the spirits of a somewhat wider group of friends in Karachi. On that day, we would be invited by Anis Haroon and Dr Haroon Ahmed for a get.
THIS refers to the news report ‘SC debates fate of prisoners suffering from mental disorders’ (Dec 16).
The debate is on the question as to where to lodge a condemned prisoner on a death row if he/she is mentally ill and suffering from schizophrenia but has not served out his/her sentence.
Another question is: what will happen if the apex court declares that the victim cannot be executed?
First, the basic issue needs to be understood, and only then we can decide should such prisoners be executed, given life sentence or treated.
There is no need to explain the seriousness of schizophrenia further as it is a lifetime disorder where we use ‘remission’ rather than cure.