Capital punishment.

SINCE December 2014, Pakistan has meted out death sentences at a higher ratio than other countries of the world since December 2014.

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has upheld the death penalty in an incredible 85 per cent of capital punishment cases.

A recent report, Counting the Condemned, issued by Justice Project Pakistan, a non-legislative association working for detainee's rights, has presented these alarming statistics.

Owing to the fact that the investigation procedures in Pakistan are archaic to say the least and the...

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