KARACHI: Ninety-two women prisoners, either convicted or under trial prisoners, incarcerated in Sindh’s 26 jails under the charges of murder, according to the figures given in a survey reported by the Frontier Post. The maximum number of women prisoners belonging to a Sindh’s district arrested under murder charges is 12, which is from Karachi West. The Central and South districts of Karachi have overall 18 women imprisoned under the charges of murder in different jails in Sindh. In jails 71 women are under trial prisoners facing murder charges, while other 21 have been convicted for the heinous crime of murder, the survey said. Moreover, 27 children of up to 16 to 17 years’ age are incarcerated in Sindh’s jails.

Source: Pakistan Today March 05, 2019 15:45 UTC