prisoners. The relevant Rules to which our attention has been drawn are reproduced herein below:Rule-107.---The following instructions are laid down for the preparation and submission of mercy petition of condemned prisoners by the Superintendent of the prison:(i) Each and every mercy petition submitted by a condemned prisoner shall simultaneously be addressed to the President of Pakistan, Islamabad and the Governor of the Province and should be in duplicate. (ii) If the petition is submitted in Urdu or any other language it shall be accompanied by a carefully prepared translation in English in duplicate, which to ensure its accuracy should be examined by the Superintendent. The documents shall be attested by the Superintendent. (iii) The mercy petition roll, in duplicate, shall also accompany the petition. (iv) In case where the condemned prisoner takes plea of young or old age, unsound mind or ill-health, two copies of the Medical report by the Medical Officer, of the prison shall also be submitted, stating therein the correct age, ailment, infirmity, etc., as the case may be. (v) If in the opinion of the Superintendent and the Medical Officer the prisoner was below 18 years of age on the date of occurrence of the crime or above 60 years on the date of submission of mercy petition, a copy of the birth certificate or particulars of birth viz date of birth of the prisoner and the name of the union council or committee and the district where the entry of birth was recorded may be obtained from the relatives of the prisoner and forwarded to Government. (vi) All correspondence pertaining to condemned prisoner shall always be made in pink coloured envelopes inscribed. "Death case Immediate" standardized for use in all prisons. Rule-362. (i) The Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent will visit the condemned prisoner in his cell a few minutes before the hour fixed for execution. The Superintendent shall first identify the prisoner as the person named in the warrant and read out a translation of the warrant and sequence of rejection of appeal and mercy petitions in national or regional language to the prisoner in the presence of the Coordination Officer. Any other document requiring signature by the prisoner, such as his will, shall thereafter be signed by him and attested by the Coordination Officer. The Superintendent will then proceed to the scaffold; the prisoner remaining in his cell. In the presence of the Deputy Superintendent the hands of the prisoner will next be pinioned behind his back and his fetters (if any) removed." 59. Rule 107 (iv) makes it obligatory upon the Superintendent of the prison to submit two copies of the medical report along with a mercy petition to the President of Pakistan and the Governor of the Province, in case where the condemned prisoner takes a plea of mental illness. Rule 362 read with the language