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Nawaz Sharif refuses to shift to hospital, says prefer 'death' over political victimisation by PTI
•Sharif, 69, is serving seven-year imprisonment in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case at the Kot Lakhpat Jail since December 2018.
Ex-Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif shifted to Lahore hospital from Kot Lakhpat Jail after complaining of chest pain
•Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who is serving seven-year imprisonment in a Lahore jail, was rushed to a hospital on Tuesday after he complained of heart-related complications. Sharif, 69, was taken to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC) Lahore from Kot Lakhpat Jail in high security.
Anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentences man to four death sentences for rape and murder of 7-year-old Zainab Ansari
•An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Saturday sentenced to death a serial killer for the brutal rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl that sparked national outrage, the first ever trial in the country's history that concluded in shortest period of four days
Sarabjit murder case: Pakistan jail superintendent records statement as court proceedings resume
•A Pakistani jail superintendent on Tuesday recorded his statement before an additional district and sessions judge Lahore in the murder case of Indian national Sarabjit Singh who was killed by fellow prisoners in 2013.
Indian national in Pakistan jail dies in mysterious circumstances in Lahore
•An Indian national who was languishing at a Lahore jail for more than 20 years on spying charges died on Monday under mysterious circumstances.
Pak Judicial probe commission visits Sarabjit's cell, interviews inmates
Fp Archives •Justice Mazahar Ali Akbar Naqvi, the head of the commission, collected a complete record of Sarabjit from prison officials.
Pakistan releases 45 Indian fishermen as goodwill gesture
Fp Archives •Pakistan on Friday freed 45 Indian fishermen as a gesture of goodwill, but confusion surrounded their release as Indian authorities here were not informed about it.
Pakistan prisoner Sanaullah dies in Chandigarh hospital
Fp Staff •Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haw, who was attacked in a Jammu jail last week, has died in a Chandigarh hospital, media reports said early Thursday morning.
Bestow Chamel Singh with the title of martyr: family
Fp Archives •On a day when Sarabjit Singh was cremated with full state honour at his ancestral village in Punjab, family members of Chamel Singh said he should also be bestowed with the title of a martyr.
Pakistan must protect Indian prisoners: Amnesty International
Fp Archives •Sarabjit, the second Indian prisoner to die in notorious Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore this year, was brutally attacked on Friday by six fellow inmates as he and other prisoners were brought out of their cells for a break.