PAKISTAN: ANOTHER DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN MULTAN JAIL
A double murder convict was hanged in Multan’s central jail, days ahead of a one-month moratorium imposed on executions in the fasting month of Ramadan.
A double murder convict was hanged in Multan’s central jail, days ahead of a one-month moratorium imposed on executions in the fasting month of Ramadan.
Khizar Hayat was convicted of murdering his father-in-law and brother-in-law over a dispute in 1997.
Since the de facto ban on capital punishment ended on 17 December 2014, at least 162 people, including twenty-five convicted terrorists, have been executed across the country.
It is a tradition that nobody is executed in the (Islamic) fasting month of Ramadan and an official in the federal interior ministry confirmed that a notification had been issued to halt executions during Ramadan, which in 2015 starts on 18 June and will continue for 30 days until 17 July.
Khizar Hayat was convicted of murdering his father-in-law and brother-in-law over a dispute in 1997.
Since the de facto ban on capital punishment ended on 17 December 2014, at least 162 people, including twenty-five convicted terrorists, have been executed across the country.
It is a tradition that nobody is executed in the (Islamic) fasting month of Ramadan and an official in the federal interior ministry confirmed that a notification had been issued to halt executions during Ramadan, which in 2015 starts on 18 June and will continue for 30 days until 17 July.
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- (Sources: khybernews.tv, 15/06/2015)