Convic­t spent spent 16 years on death rowKhizar Hayat, a mentally ill prisoner who spent the last 16 years of his life on death row, has passed away. He was hospitalized in critical condition when he had stopped taking any food or medication. The jail authorities had reported him to be “severely anaemic and hypotensive”. “The jail authorities had reported him to be ‘severely anaemic and hypotensive’”. Hayat was first diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia by jail authorities in 2008.

Source: The Express Tribune March 22, 2019 16:41 UTC