Shireen Mazari submits report in IHC about jail reforms.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari Saturday submitted a report before the court of the commission formed by Islamabad High Court given the task for recommendations about jail reforms.

The hearing of a petition filed by a prisoner Khadim Hussain against less health facilities at jails was resumed by the Chief Justice IHC Athar Minallah.

The court had earlier formed a commission headed by Shireen Mazari for making a complete report about the facilities and recommendations for reforms in jails.

Shireen Mazari appeared before the court and submitted the commission's report.

She hailed that the decisions of Athar Minallah regarding human rights were remarkable.

The CJ also remarked that Shireen Mazari was performing well for controlling human violations.

Minallah addressing Shireen said you were not summoned for the day against which she stated that she wanted to submit commission's report herself.

The CJ remarked that prisoners not sent to jail for torture adding they sent to jail for other purposes.

Every religion teaches about treating human in a good way, CJ asserted.

He remarked that prisoners were in too much dilapidated conditions in jail as number of prisoners...

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