Both convicts were responsible for the murder of Dr Ali Raza in 2001. STOCK IMAGE
Both convicts - Attaullah Arif Qasim and Muhammed Azim Arif Sharif were responsible for the murder of Dr Ali Raza in Karachi's Soldier Bazaar area in 2001.
They were sentenced to death in 2004 but remained in prison due to the six year moratorium on capital punishment which was lifted at the end of last year.
"They were hanged at 6:30 this morning and their bodies have been handed to their relatives," a prison official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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During the time of the executions, security in and around the prison was kept high.
Following the hanging, bodies of the two men were handed over to their respective families.
Twenty two prisoners have been hanged since the federal government lifted the moratorium on capital punishment in the wake of the Peshawar school attack.
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@Timorlane:
Sir I completely agree with you. Unfortunately our media is extreme example of double standards. I don't understand who cursed Pakistan with all this lot.
I commented Good and when will the terrorists of Sipah Mohammad also be hanged who also killed innocent people and ET suppressed my comment. That's double standards
Handed over to the relatives? Dump them somewhere. These kind of people don't even deserve a proper burial.
Well done hope fully killers of shikarpur rawalpindi raja bazar madressa and aps innocent students killers will also be hanged and peace will prevail
well done... more of this please. lets get rid of all the scums from our beloved land.