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Ten executions took place in several cities of Punjab while one convict was hanged at Mach jail in Baluchistan province.
According to Express News, two murder convicts, Asif and Iftikhar, were hanged in Central Jail Faisalabad.
Convicts Shakeel and Sher Ali were hanged in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail. Shakeel was sentenced to death in 1997 while Sher Ali was handed the death sentence in 2001 for the murder of two persons during a firing incident.
Read: One death row convict hanged in Lahore
Meanwhile in Sahiwal District Jail, Ishaq was executed for murder whereas in Sargodha District Jail Amjad was hanged for murdering three minors in 2005.
Muhammad Nawaz was also hanged for murder in Gujranwala Central Jail and two other murder convicts in Toba Tek Singh District were also sent to the gallows.
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Strong security measures were taken during the executions and unauthorised persons were not allowed access to the prisons during the hanging.
A moratorium on the death penalty had been in force in the country since 2008, but executions resumed last December after Taliban militants gunned down 154 people, most of them children, at the Army Public School in Peshawar.
Read: Nearly 100 death row convicts executed since December
The moratorium was initially lifted only for those convicted of terrorism offences, but in March was extended to cover all capital offences.
The European Union, the United Nations and human rights campaigners have all urged Pakistan to reinstate the moratorium.
Critics say Pakistan’s criminal justice system is marred by police torture, poor legal representation for victims and unfair trials.
Human rights group Amnesty International estimates that Pakistan has more than 8,000 prisoners on death row, most of whom have exhausted the appeals process.
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