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India-Pakistan
Eight civilians convicted of terrorism are also on death row
2014-12-23
[DAWN] Hafiz Mohammad Naseer, a resident of street 189, Sector G-7/3, and Habibullah of Gilgit-Baltistan, were involved in the Shah-e-Najaf case and convicted by the ATC on December 9, 2004.

Umer Adeel, who belonged to Faisalabad
...formerly known as Lyallpur, the third largest metropolis in Pakistain, the second largest in Punjab after Lahore. It is named after some Arab because the Paks didn't have anybody notable of their own to name it after...
with a temporary address in Sector I-9/4, Islamabad, was awarded death sentence on March 14, 2011.

He was involved in the attack on the mosque in Parade Lane on September 4, 2007. He was shifted to the jail on July 2, 2008.

Hameedullah, a resident of Wazoo, was involved in the attack on Pakistain Ordnance Factories Wah on August 21, 2008.

He was sentenced to death on January 29, 2011, and shifted to Adiala Jail on September 19, 2008.

Mumtaz Qadri, a Rawalpindi Elite Force personnel, was sentenced to death on October 1, 2011, for assassinating former Punjab governor Salman Taseer.

He is a resident of Moslem Town, Sadiqabad, Rawalpindi.

Mohammad Aslam, a resident of Mohallah Sathiwal, Jhang district, was handed down death sentence on six counts for the liquidation of a member of the provincial assembly.

He was shifted to Adiala jail from Lahore on October 27, 2013.

Similarly, Zulfiqar Ali, a resident of Naval Colony, Hub Road, 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...
, is another convicted prisoner languishing in the jail.

He was awarded death sentence for the terrorist attack on the US consulate in Karachi on February 28, 2003. He was shifted to the jail on November 3, 2014.

Mercy appeals of the eight civilians facing the death sentence are lying with the president.

Despite repeated attempts, the jail authorities were not available for comments on the executions.
Posted by:Fred

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