Yasir Abbasi.
Mental Health Ordinance 2001- Is it really being used?.
J Pak Med Assoc Jan ;58(10):578-80.

The right to be free is one of the most basic and fundamental human rights. These civil liberties can be subjugated only under exceptional circumstances and this can include the following instances: as a result of a criminal act (prison sentence), in a national emergency (situations like war) and for the treatment of a mentally disordered person. After the creation of Pakistan most of the laws practiced in the British Sub-continent were taken in toto and implemented. This is an opinion.

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