Death penalty : A convict executed, another gets a lifeline
The execution of a murder convict was put off after the petitioner settled with the defendant
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SARGODHA:
A murder convict was hanged at the district jail on Tuesday morning. The execution of another convict was put off on Tuesday after his family reached a settlement with the petitioners.
Jail authorities said Asghar Ali, a resident of Khushab, had murdered his brother, his brother’s wife, and their four children over property in Noshera, Khushab, in 2007. They said a trial court had sentenced him to death. Later, Sargodha Sessions Judge Abdul Nasir had issued black warrants for Ali. The jail authorities handed over the body to Ali’s family.
Separately, the execution of a murder convict was put off after the petitioner settled with the defendant. A Prisons spokesperson said a trial court had sentenced Haq Nawaz, son of Bakhsh, to death for murdering his mother-in-law Ejaz Bibi in a Kotwali City police precinct, Jhang, in March 2001.
Black warrants had been issued for Haq Nawaz’s execution to be carried out on May 3 at Jhang District Jail. It was put off after the petitioner said they had settled with the defendant.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 4th, 2016.
A murder convict was hanged at the district jail on Tuesday morning. The execution of another convict was put off on Tuesday after his family reached a settlement with the petitioners.
Jail authorities said Asghar Ali, a resident of Khushab, had murdered his brother, his brother’s wife, and their four children over property in Noshera, Khushab, in 2007. They said a trial court had sentenced him to death. Later, Sargodha Sessions Judge Abdul Nasir had issued black warrants for Ali. The jail authorities handed over the body to Ali’s family.
Separately, the execution of a murder convict was put off after the petitioner settled with the defendant. A Prisons spokesperson said a trial court had sentenced Haq Nawaz, son of Bakhsh, to death for murdering his mother-in-law Ejaz Bibi in a Kotwali City police precinct, Jhang, in March 2001.
Black warrants had been issued for Haq Nawaz’s execution to be carried out on May 3 at Jhang District Jail. It was put off after the petitioner said they had settled with the defendant.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 4th, 2016.