PAKISTAN: THREE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN ADIALA, SAHIWAL JAIL

Pakistan put to death three prisoners convicted of murder in different cases. Two death row convicts were hanged in the morning in Adiala Jail.
Retired Capt Zafar Iqbal had murdered 11 persons in 1994 in Arya Mohallah and Sangori Village of Mandra over longstanding enmity while Mirza Sarfraz had slain a local in Gujar Khan area in 1993.
Both the convicts were hanged in the early hours.
Iqbal’s review plea was turned down by a three-member bench of Supreme Court (SC) in 2008 while his clemency plea was also rejected by the president.
Retired captain’s execution was deferred twice in April.
The death row convict named Muhammad Mansha breathed his last before early morning in the central jail Sahiwal for the crime he committed in 2001. The convict had gunned down a man named Saleem in a resistance during a robbery. The condemned prisoner had met his family last before the execution in the jail. Before execution strict security measures have been taken to ensure implementation of punishment. The jail administration has handed over his body to his family after legal formalities.