SC overturns high courts´ orders on release of undertrial prisoners
(WorldNews Pakistan)

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the March 20 Islamabad High Court and March 26 Sindh High Court orders by recalling their directives to release undertrial prisoners (UTPs) in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Consequently, the prisoners released in pursuance of these directives are required to be taken into custody again, except those falling within the categories suggested by Attorney General Khalid Jawed Khan. Authored by Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed but announced by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed, the SC judgement, however, made it clear that the observations made in the order would not cast shadow on pending or future cases. The chief justice was heading a...