{"id":81244,"date":"2025-07-23T18:09:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=81244"},"modified":"2025-07-23T18:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:09:29","slug":"cm-punjab-maryam-announces-new-initiative-for-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/cm-punjab-maryam-announces-new-initiative-for-prisoners\/","title":{"rendered":"CM Punjab Maryam announces new initiative for prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAHOE: In a recent development, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz<\/a> has <\/span>launched<\/span>\u00a0a new policy\u00a0<\/span>permitting<\/span>\u00a0prisoners to spend time with their immediate\u00a0<\/span>family<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>members<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>within\u00a0<\/span>jail premises.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The first<\/span>–<\/span>of<\/span>–<\/span>its<\/span>–<\/span>kind\u00a0<\/span>initiative\u00a0<\/span>in Punjab<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>enables<\/span>\u00a0eligible\u00a0<\/a><\/span>prisoners<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>stay\u00a0<\/span>temporarily\u00a0<\/span>with their spouses and young children in specially\u00a0<\/span>designated<\/span>\u00a0family rooms.
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\n<\/span>A Punjab Home Department\u00a0<\/span>official<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>clarified<\/span>\u00a0that\u00a0<\/span>inmates<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>who<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>have<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>five-year or\u00a0<\/span>longer\u00a0<\/span>prison<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sentences<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>eligible<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>apply to\u00a0<\/span>stay<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>these family rooms.<\/p>\n

<\/span>According<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>policy<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>up to three visits\u00a0<\/span>can<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>be made in a\u00a0<\/span>year, with each visit\u00a0<\/span>not<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>exceeding<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>three consecutive days. During\u00a0<\/span>this<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>period of stay<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>inmates\u00a0<\/span>can<\/span>\u00a0be\u00a0<\/span>accompanied<\/span>\u00a0by their wives and children\u00a0<\/span>who<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>are below\u00a0<\/span>six years\u00a0<\/span>of age<\/span>, and\u00a0<\/span>free<\/span>\u00a0meals will be\u00a0<\/span>served<\/span>.<\/p>\n

To\u00a0<\/span>visit<\/span>\u00a0this facility, an application\u00a0<\/span>has<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>made<\/span>\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span>the inmate or\u00a0<\/span>his<\/span>\u00a0spouse to the\u00a0<\/span>superintendent of the\u00a0<\/span>prison<\/span>. The superintendent will then\u00a0<\/span>seek<\/span>\u00a0written\u00a0<\/span>permission<\/span>\u00a0from the\u00a0<\/span>appropriate<\/span>\u00a0Deputy Commissioner.\u00a0<\/span>When<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>approved,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>stay<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the family\u00a0<\/span>will be\u00a0<\/span>arranged<\/span>\u00a0accordingly.<\/p>\n

This\u00a0<\/span>change<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>seeks<\/span>\u00a0to\u00a0<\/span>aid<\/span>\u00a0family\u00a0<\/span>ties<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>facilitate<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>welfare<\/span>\u00a0of inmates\u00a0<\/span>as<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>well as\u00a0<\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>families<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>during\u00a0<\/span>the period of\u00a0<\/span>incarceration.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LAHOE: In a recent development, Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has launched\u00a0a new policy\u00a0permitting\u00a0prisoners to spend time with their immediate\u00a0family\u00a0members\u00a0within\u00a0jail premises. The first–of–its–kind\u00a0initiative\u00a0in Punjab\u00a0enables\u00a0eligible\u00a0prisoners\u00a0to\u00a0stay\u00a0temporarily\u00a0with their spouses and young children in specially\u00a0designated\u00a0family rooms. A Punjab Home Department\u00a0official\u00a0clarified\u00a0that\u00a0inmates\u00a0who\u00a0have\u00a0five-year or\u00a0longer\u00a0prison\u00a0sentences\u00a0are\u00a0eligible\u00a0to\u00a0apply to\u00a0stay\u00a0in\u00a0these family rooms. According\u00a0to\u00a0policy,\u00a0up to three visits\u00a0can\u00a0be made in a\u00a0year, with each visit\u00a0not\u00a0exceeding\u00a0three consecutive days. During\u00a0this\u00a0period of stay,\u00a0the\u00a0inmates\u00a0can\u00a0be\u00a0accompanied\u00a0by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":35900,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[12967,17081],"class_list":["post-81244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-chief-minister-maryam-nawaz","tag-punjab-prisoners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81244"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81245,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81244\/revisions\/81245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}