assessment, and courses for Trial Court judges, prosecutors, lawyers and court staff on mental illness. Following are the directions issued by the Supreme Court with respect to establishment of secure Mental Health Facilities, constitution of Medical Boards for examination and evaluation of prisoners, launch of training programs on forensic mental health assessment, and courses for trial Court judges, prosecutors, lawyers and court staff on mental illness: (i) The Prisons Rules, 1978 shall be appropriately amended so as to bring the Jail Manuals of all the Provinces in harmony; (ii) The Federal Government (for Islamabad Capital Territory) and all the Provincial Governments shall immediately establish/create High Security Forensic Mental Health Facilities in the teaching and training institutions of mental health for assessment, treatment and rehabilitation of under trial prisoners and convicts who had developed mental ailments during their incarceration; (iii) The Federal Government (for Islamabad Capital Territory) and each Provincial Government, shall immediately constitute and notify a Medical Board comprising of three qualified and experienced Psychiatrists and two Psychologists from public sector hospitals for examination and evaluation of the condemned prisoners who were on death row and were suffering from mental illness to ensure that such mentally ill condemned prisoners who no longer had the higher mental functions to appreciate the rationale and reasons behind the sentence of death awarded to them were not executed; (iv) The Federal Government (for Islamabad Capital Territory) and all the Provincial Governments shall immediately constitute and notify a Medical Board consisting of two qualified and experienced Psychiatrists and one Psychologist from public sector hospitals at Islamabad (in case of Federal Government) and at each Divisional Headquarter of the Provinces for examination, assessment and rehabilitation of the prisoners i.e. under-trial and convicts, if referred by the jail authorities. The said Medical Board shall also be authorized to examine those accused persons who were referred by the trial Court(s) for examination under the provisions of sections 464 and 465, Cr.P.C.; (v) The Federal Government (for Islamabad Capital Territory) and all the Provincial Governments shall immediately launch training programs and short