these review petitions have become infructuous and are disposed of accordingly. However, we hold that the observations of this Court in the judgment reported as PLD 2017 SC 18 are not relevant anymore and are of no legal effect. KANEEZAN BIBI'S CASE (H.R.C. No. 16514-P of 2018) 78. As discussed in Para 9 above, on 17.04.2018 the then Hon'ble Chief Justice after perusal of a report submitted by the Superintendent Central Jail Lahore directed the office to fix the instant case along with C.R.P. No. 420 of 2016. The case came up for hearing on 21.04.2018 and it was observed as under:"2. Let the same Medical Board, as has been constituted by this Court in the case of Sofia Bano, be constituted for the purpose of examining Kaneezan Bibi at Lahore. The Board shall examine her and submit a report to this Court. In the meanwhile, the order of her execution is suspended. She shall immediately be shifted to the Punjab Institute of Mental Health (PIMH) under the supervision of Dr. Tahir Pervaiz, Consultant Psychiatrist PIMH. She shall be provided the best available medical facilities." 79. The report of Medical Board has since been received vide letter dated 19.09.2019, which has been placed on record as C.M.A. No. 8851 of 2019. The relevant portion of the report of Medical Board is reproduced herein below:"1. Medical Board examined accused Kaneezan Bibi on 14 September 2019 at 1000 hrs in Adyala Jail Rawalpindi. Mental state examination revealed, a middle aged lady adequately kempt and fully aware of her surrounding and environment. She was electively mute (voluntary refusal to speak). There was no evidence of any psychotic illness (insanity) at the time of examination, she fully communicated through gestures of hands and head... 3. After going through the available documents it is obvious that Kaneezan Bibi was never referred to mental health services till 2000 when her co-accused Khan Muhammad was executed and her own execution was stayed. Medical Board is of the opinion that most likely Kaneezan Bibi developed Depression with psychotic symptoms due to stress of her impending execution for which she has been under treatment of mental health services ever since. 4. Medical Board is of the opinion that it is likely the Kaneezan Bibi was not suffering from Schizophrenia (insanity) at the time of committing crime and for 11 years following that." 80. When this case came up for hearing on 21.09.2020, after hearing the learned counsel for the convict and perusal of report of Medical Board, referred to above, it was observed that Mst. Kaneezan Bibi needed re-examination. Therefore, the Medical Board constituted for medical examination of condemned prisoner Ghulam Abbas was directed to also examine Mst. Kaneezan Bibi and submit its report. The

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