Trends - Khizar Hayat

Mentally ill prisoner Khizar Hayat passes away after spending 16 years on death row

Hayat had been hospitalised after he refused food and medication; he passed away on the night of March 21.

Updated 22 Mar, 2019 07:22pm

Hayat, an ex-constable diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2008, was sentenced to death in 2003 for killing a cop.

Updated 14 Jan, 2019 02:25pm

CJP has fixed the matter for hearing on Monday; court had earlier scheduled the execution of Hayat for January 15.

Updated 13 Jan, 2019 12:02am

A district and sessions judge has scheduled execution of Khizar Hayat — a mentally-ill prisoner on death row.

Updated 12 Jan, 2019 05:29pm

The execution of Khizar Hayat to take place at Central Jail Lahore; JPP calls for a halt to his hanging.

Updated 12 Jan, 2019 05:30pm

Petitioner argues Khizer Hayat can still be executed upon recovery; bench says he has been proven guilty by apex court.

Updated 12 Jan, 2019 05:31pm

Terming Saleem Ahmad a "high-risk patient", doctors say he requires regular medical treatment.

Updated 12 Jan, 2019 05:29pm

Report reveals every fourth person on death row in the world is a Pakistani

Updated 12 Jan, 2019 05:36pm

The court directs the provincial prisons department to furnish the current mental state of the prisoner by April 12.

Updated 12 Jan, 2019 05:29pm

Those who can afford to buy good lawyers don’t get sentenced to death. Is that justice?

Updated 09 Jul, 2019 04:10pm

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Thursday stayed the execution of Khizar Hayat, a death-row prisoner diagnosed with...

Updated 12 Jan, 2019 05:33pm

Khizar Hayat was sentenced to death in 2003 for shooting a fellow police officer.

Updated 12 Jan, 2019 05:31pm

The JPP says the second mercy petition of Hayat was still pending before the president of Pakistan.

Updated 12 Jan, 2019 05:31pm