CJP Nisar halts execution of inmate with mental illness
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday took notice of media reports and halted the planned execution of a mentally ill prisoner at the Kot Lakhpat jail.
According to the details, Chief Justice Saqib Nisar temporally suspended the sentence of Khizer Hayat, a mentally ill death row prisoner and set January 14 for hearing the case.
A district and sessions judge on Friday had scheduled the execution of Khizer Hayat for January 15 at the Kot Lakhpat jail.
Earlier in the day, the death row…