E/CN.4/1995/34 page 106 her. The Sindh High Court in August 1992 ordered a First Information Order to be filed against the two officers. It was not known if an investigation had been undertaken. 549. Further information was communicated according to which some young boys had been subjected to rape in the custody of police. It was reported that Rashid Mallah, aged 14, was beaten and raped by a police constable of police station Meldsi near Shahdadpur in Sanghar district, Sindh province. A complaint was registered against the constable by police, but it was unknown whether an investigation had taken place. 550. Finally, the Special Rapporteur advised the Government that he had received reports, according to which private landlords or waderas, particularly in Sindh province, were running private jails wherein bonded rural labourers were kept captive and were subjected to severe ill-treatment. Detention and torture in such private jails was said to occur often with the knowledge, connivance or direct involvement of the police and other organs of the State. Several private jails in Sindh were said to be maintained by elected members of the National Assembly from both the Islamic Democratic Alliance and the Pakistan People’s Party. In one case a rural jail with 130 chained rural labourers discovered in mid-1993 was said to belong to Salim Akbar Bugti, a member of the National Assembly. Information transmitted by the Government with respect to cases included in previous reports 551. On 28 April 1993 the Special Rapporteur sent an urgent appeal on behalf of Lisa Evelyn Encore, an American citizen detained in prison in Karachi, who was five months pregnant and suffering from dysentery, pneumonia and possibly hepatitis. She was reportedly being provided little or no medical care and insufficient food. On 1 July 1994 the Government responded that she had given birth in hospital in August 1994; that the United States Vice Counsel and all requested relatives had been allowed to visit her; that a special diet of milk and meat had been provided to her and to her baby; that her baby had been given appropriate vaccinations; and that all medical facilities had been provided to her and to her baby. Observations 552. Over the past two years of his mandate, the Special Rapporteur has had discussions with the Permanent Mission of Pakistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva with a view to his being granted an invitation to visit the country. While prospects at first seemed promising, the Government eventually informed the Special Rapporteur that a mission was not convenient during the current year, but that it hoped to welcome the Special Rapporteur next year. The Special Rapporteur would be glad if that hope were realized, as the allegations he has received give grounds for serious concern.