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Nawaz asks president to reject appeals of 5 death row convicts |
2015-01-03 |
[DAWN] 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... on Friday wrote a letter to President Mamnoon Hussain, urging him to reject the mercy petitions of five condemned prisoners who were convicted for their involvement in terrorism cases. The convicts include:
On Dec 17, Nawaz had approved the removal of moratorium on the death penalty after the attack on Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. 's Army Public School which killed 148 people ? including more than 132 schoolchildren. In the wake of the removal of the moratorium on the death penalty, seven executions have been carried out. The moratorium on the death penalty was imposed by former president Asif Ali Zardari during the tenure of the Pakistain Peoples Party government in 2008. |
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