Zardari blocks execution of two death row prisoners
ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has blocked execution of two death row prisoners, according to jail officers.Geo News report said a death row inmate Behram Khan was to be hanged on August 21...
August 17, 2013
Geo News report said a death row inmate Behram Khan was to be hanged on August 21 at the Karachi Central Jail while the other prisoner Munir Hussain was to be executed on August 22 at Punjab’s Vehari prison.
According to the report, both the prisoners were involved in several murders.
Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government has decided to carry on executions after a five year old moratorium on the capital punishment ended in June.
