Criminal Justice

Pakistan: Information on the criminal justice system, including the
structure of the criminal courts, access to legal counsel, the
availability of trial by jury, the right to appeal, pretrial detention,
conditions and procedures for those accused of political dissent,
and on whether there is bias or corruption in the criminal justice
system

For information on the above-mentioned subject, please refer to the April 1994 DIRB report
entitled a!istan" #ountr$ Revie%, pa&es '( to '9 and pa&e )', and the Februar$ 199) *uestion
and Ans%er +eries paper entitled a!istan" ,he a!istan eople-s art$, pa&es . to /, both of
%hich are available at Re&ional Documentation #entres0 In addition, please consult the
attached e1cerpts from #ountr$ Reports 1994 and the 199' Asia 2atch publication
entitled Double 3eopard$" olice Abuse of 2omen in a!istan0
For information on due process and pretrial detention, conditions and procedures for those
accused of political dissent, please refer to the attached Amnest$ International documents and
to the AI 3anuar$ 199. report entitled a!istan" ,he attern ersists" ,orture, Death in
#ustod$, 41trajudicial 41ecutions and 5Disappearances5 under the 6overnment, %hich is
available at Re&ional Documentation #entres0
For further information on this subject, please refer to the attached documents0
,his response %as prepared after researchin& publicl$ accessible information currentl$
available to the DIRB %ithin time constraints0 ,his response is not, and does not purport to be,
conclusive as to the merit of an$ particular claim to refu&ee status or as$lum0
Attachments
Amnest$ International0 19940 Amnest$ International Report 19940 7e% 8or!" Amnest$
International 9+A, pp0 ')1-')40
:::::0 +eptember 199)0 a!istan" ;pen <etter to the olitical arties0 =AI Inde1" A+A
))>?4>9)@0 <ondon" Amnest$ International0
:::::0 7ovember 19910 a!istan" +pecial #ourts for +peed$ ,rial0 =AI Inde1" A+A ))>')>91@0
<ondon" Amnest$ International0
Asia 2atch0 199'0 Double 3eopard$" olice Abuse of 2omen in a!istan0 7e% 8or!" Auman
Ri&hts 2atch, pp0 9B-11)0
#ountr$ Reports on Auman Ri&hts ractices for 19940 199.0 9nited +tates Department of +tate0
2ashin&ton, D#0 =electronic version received from Resource Info #enter, I7+, 9+@0
9nited +tates Immi&ration and 7aturaliCation +ervice =I7+@ Resource Information #enter0
7ovember 199)0 a!istan0 =R>D>940??1@0 2ashin&ton, D#" I7+ Resource Information #enter0
<a%$ers #ommittee for Auman Ri&hts =<#AR@0 19940 #ritiEue Revie% of the Department of
+tate-s #ountr$ Reports on Auman Ri&hts ractices for 199)0 7e% 8or!" <#AR, pp0 '.B-'/.0
;ffice of As$lum Affairs =;AA@, Bureau of Democrac$, Auman Ri&hts and <abor0 December
19940a!istan" rofile of As$lum #laims and #ountr$ #onditions0 2ashin&ton, D#" 9nited +tates
Department of +tate0
#op$ri&ht notice" ,his document is published %ith the permission of the cop$ri&ht holder and producer
Immi&ration and Refu&ee Board of #anada =IRB@0 ,he ori&inal version of this document ma$ be found on
the offical %ebsite of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/0 Documents earlier than '??) ma$ be found
onl$ on Ref%orld0