Mon, May 22, 2006 - Page 4 News List

Sorry case reveals defects of Pakistani legal system

HELPLESS A 35-year-old man has spent 18 years in prison and now faces execution under a justice system that critics have described as `warped'

AP , ISLAMABAD

Former military dictator General Zia ul-Haq introduced Shariah law to Pakistan in 1979, two decades after the Islamic nation was born. Jilani described the resultant legal system as "warped."

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