karachi

December 5, 2020

Call for trained judicial officials to protect rights of UTPs with mental health issues

There is an urgent need to have specialised forensic psychiatrists in every district of Pakistan to assist the judicial system and officials in dealing with mentally ill people, who are often mistreated, penalised and even killed even before facing trials for committing cognizable offences without having any intention, national and international experts said on Friday.They said that following the promulgation of the Sindh Mental Health Act 2013 and the constitution of a provincial mental...