Khayali Khan, 30, and Shahzad, 28, two prisoners serving...

Khayali Khan, 30, and Shahzad, 28, two prisoners serving life sentences were tortured to death by officials of the Kasur District Jail. According to reports some 90 prisoners were marked as "troublemakers" in the Sahiwal Central Jail following riots the previous week. The authorities decided to transfer the the prisoners to other jails to maintain law and order. Four were brought to Kasur jail where they were severely tortured allegedly for protesting their transfer. "Beating such prisoners is considered part of the jail officials' job," a source told reporters and added, such prisoners were generally beaten into submission on arrival at a new jail.