Urging the Parliament to intervene in the process of jailed candidates becoming Members of Parliament, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh said that the number of legislators with criminal charges is on the rise adding that it is an irony that "people in jails cannot vote, but can contest and win
At a time when Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan continues to remain behind bars, the Information Minister of Punjab province, Azma Bukhari has termed Khan's prison as his 'in-laws house', Geo News reported.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan, who has been incarcerated in Adiala jail held 105 meetings with at least 403 people in 246 days -- from September 28 to May 30, in Rawalpindi's Adiala jail, reported Geo News.
Addressing the media in Shimla, Thakur said that there are chances of a change of government in the state. He said the case of the appointment of six Chief Parliamentary Secretaries is still pending in the High Court and after the court's order the government would once again in threat.
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister of Himachal Pradesh government, Anirudh Singh hit out at the leader of opposition Jai Ram Thakur and alleged that he is filled with ego and is daydreaming about toppling the government.
Rashid has been lodged in the Tihar jail since August 9, 2019, on charges of alleged terror financing, while Singh has been booked under the National Security Act and sent to the Dibrugarh jail in Assam.
Hitting out at the newly elected Samajwadi party MP Mohibullah Nadvi for his "jails are correction home" remarks, Samajwadi Party leader Tazeen Fatma on Thursday said that it might be possible that the Mohibullah has a good experience of going to jails.
One prisoner from Tihar Jail in Delhi sustained stab injuries in an attack by two other prisoners at the hospital in the prison complex, said Delhi police.