The Islamabad High Court on Saturday heard petition of a death-row prisoner seeking court directives for the government to ensure proper treatment of his poor eyesight.
Adial Jail officers and doctors appeared in the Islamabad high court (IHC) hearing conducted by Chief Justice Athar Minallah.
A death-row convict, Khadim Hussain had written a letter to IHC Chief Justice Athar Minallah who converted it into a constitutional petition and sought a reply in this regard from the authorities concerned.
Providing due rights to prisoners is responsibility of the federal government, chief justice remarks, adding that the government forms a medical board where it deems fit.
“If a medical board could be constituted for Nawaz Sharif then why not for other prisoners,” Justice Minallah questioned. The chief justice said he will visit Adiala Jail on this Friday to look into the issues to inmates.—INP
