Ghulam Shabir Arif and Ali Ahmed Arif were on death row since 2002. PHOTO: AFP
MULTAN: Two members of banned Sipah-e-Sahaba were hanged in Multan Central Jail, Wednesday morning, making them the latest in a string of executions after the government lifted a moratorium on the death penalty.
Ghulam Shabir Arif and Ali Ahmed Arif were on death row since 2002. Ghulam had killed Deputy Superintendent of Police, Anwar Khan and his driver while Ali was accused of killing three men.
"The two terrorists, Ali and Ghulam, were executed early this morning. Both were involved in murder cases and both belonged to Sipah-e-Sahaba," said Saeedullah Gondal, an official at the central jail in the city of Multan.
Following the attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar which killed 148 people, most of them children, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lifted the ban on executions in terrorism cases. Nine persons have been hanged since then.
Strict security measures were put in place during the latest executions and unauthorised persons were not allowed to enter the prison during the time of the hangings.
Following the executions, the bodies were sent to a morgue.
Human rights groups say they believe Pakistan has about 8,000 prisoners on death row with more than 500 of them sentenced for terrorist offences.
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Clearly these murderers exhausted all possible legal options and were convicted from court of law,but when someone is talking about the crime they committed then obviously they would say that these criminals were "accused of killing two police officials".
step in right directions all of them and their supporters...
Thanks ET for naming the murderous banned organization behind these names. Sipahe Sahaba and LeJ need to be eliminated. Good start.
Bury them in unmarked graves, so that no trace remains of these barbarians and their disgusting ideologies.
@SEAsian : What about indian forces who are martyring innocent people in Occupied Kashmir and on the Border? How about hanging them too?
Welcome news, like a breath of fresh air.
Good riddance to bad rubbish !!!
SEAsian,
what about those who are funding TTP, as admitted by Ajit Doval?
@SEAsian No killing can be condoned. However, India should withdraw its forces from Kashmir because their forces are operating in Pakistani land and freedom fighting cannot be linked to terrorism. Indian government may want to view the two thing with same prism but if you apply this approach, even the American founders will be considered terrorist in the eye of Great Britain.
good Job
@SEAsian and what about those who killed 50 Pakistanis in Samjhota Express Attack.
Bad day for PML-N
What about the terrorists who are killing Indian women and children?