7 terror convicts hanged
Seventeen convicts have been executed since PM Nawaz lifted ban on hangings in the wake of Peshawar attack
Since the lifting of the ban, 17 convicts have been hanged. STOCK IMAGE
FAISALABAD/SUKKUR/KARACHI:
Seven terror convicts were executed early Tuesday in jails across the country, Express News reported.
The government had lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in terror cases following the Peshawar school attack on December 16 last year.
Three convicts were hanged in Sukkur Central Jail at around 6:30am. Muhammad Talha, Khalil Ahmed and Shahid Hanif were sentenced to death in 2001 for killing then director of defence ministry.
In Karachi's Central Jail, Behram Khan was executed for killing a lawyer inside court premises in 2003, while in Faisalabad District Jail, two convicts - Nawazish Ali and Mushtaq Ahmad - were hanged for attacking former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on December 17 lifted a six-year ban on the capital punishment and since then, 17 convicts have been hanged.
Seven terror convicts were executed early Tuesday in jails across the country, Express News reported.
The government had lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in terror cases following the Peshawar school attack on December 16 last year.
Three convicts were hanged in Sukkur Central Jail at around 6:30am. Muhammad Talha, Khalil Ahmed and Shahid Hanif were sentenced to death in 2001 for killing then director of defence ministry.
In Karachi's Central Jail, Behram Khan was executed for killing a lawyer inside court premises in 2003, while in Faisalabad District Jail, two convicts - Nawazish Ali and Mushtaq Ahmad - were hanged for attacking former military ruler Pervez Musharraf.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on December 17 lifted a six-year ban on the capital punishment and since then, 17 convicts have been hanged.