Pakistan Death penalty: EU urges moratorium revival

ISLAMABAD: The European Union continues to engage with Pakistan in an effort to convince it to reinstitute its moratorium on the death penalty. EU Ambassador to Pakistan Jean Francois Cautain has said that the EU is of the view that the death penalty is not a deterrent and may conversely be a factor which increases hatred for the state. He was speaking to The Express Tribune at the Dean of European Diplomatic Corps Emilian Ion, Ambassador of Romania’s farewell to outgoing ambassadors of Argentina, the UK, Sweden, Bangladesh and Japan. He said that despite terrorist incidents in Europe there was no possibility that death penalty may be considered in Europe referring to the recent terrorist incidents in France.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 24^th, 2016.