... dedicated to bitching about human rights violations around the world...
(HRW) Friday, showing deep concerns on the government's recently announced decision to resume executions, urged it to renew the moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty.
Pakistain has had a moratorium on the death penalty since June 2008, with only the exception of Muhammad Hussain's execution in November 2012 following a court martial.
An anti-terrorism court in Sindh province had issued 'black warrants' for the execution of two members of the banned sectarian and krazed killer group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ...
(LeJ). Attaullah alias Qasim and Muhammad Azam alias Sharif were convicted by the anti-terrorism court in July 2004 for the killing of a Shia doctor. They are scheduled to be executed between 20 and 22 August 2013.
In an open letter addressing Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
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President Asif Ali Ten PercentZardari
... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ...
, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Secretary for Law, Justice and Human Rights Muhammad Raza Khan, the NGOs said they oppose the death penalty under all circumstances as an inherently cruel and irreversible punishment that violates the right to life.