Inspector General Sindh prisons Nusrat Mangan told Dawn.com that four condemned prisoners, including two members of the banned sectarian outfit 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), would be executed at the Sukkur jail and Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
Central prison on August 20, 21 and 22.
Mangan said none of the four prisoners had approached the superior courts for a review of their sentences and would therefore be executed as per the orders of the Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC). He said one of the condemned bully boyz was awarded the death sentence in six cases, while another was awaiting the death penalty in four cases.
The executions will be the first to be carried out in Pakistain in five years. The Sukkur jail has not carried out a death sentence in 11 years.
Under the previous government led by the Pakistain People's Party (PPP), no one except a soldier convicted by court martial was put to death since 2008. The Pakistain Mohammedan League - Nawaz (PML-N), which came to power in the May 11 general elections, ended the moratorium imposed by
President Asif Ali Ten PercentZardari
... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ...
in 2008.
The PML-N led government in July had announced there would no longer be any general amnesty for the convicts awaiting execution, raising concerns from human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
activists and opponents of capital punishment.