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India-Pakistan
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:
  1. Muhammad Ikramul Haq alias Lahori alias Farooq Haider (son of Bashir Ahmed)

  2. Ahmed Ali alias Asif alias Shish Naag (son of Ghulam Abbas)

  3. Mohammad Tayyab alias Sajjad (son of Nabi Ahmed)

  4. Ghulam Shabbir alias Doctor alias Nasir alias Zeeshan alias Sohail (son of Bashir Ahmed)

  5. Zulfiqar Ali (son of Abdul Hameed)The five prisoners hailing from 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...
     and convicted for murders had been locked away
    Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
in different instances.

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.
Posted by:Fred

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