KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday gave the Sindh government more time to submit its reply on a plea regarding delays in under-trial cases. The petitioner stated that prisoners in multiple under-trial cases instituted before 2010 have already served half the sentences even without conclusion of their trial. He said that the province’s prisons house more inmates than they are allowed to keep as per their sanctioned capacity. The report said that Punjab’s 41 prisons house a total of 45,324 inmates, far more than the existing capacity of 32,000. Whereas, the situation in KP’s jails is no different where 9,900 prisoners have been incarcerated in 24 jails which should house 4,519.

Source: Pakistan Today October 07, 2020 17:14 UTC