GUJRANWALA:
Another nine condemned prisoners have been hanged till their death in different cities of Punjab early Tuesday’s morning, according to local media sources.
Convicted prisoner, Ashraf, who subjected a 12-year girl to sexual assault in 1999, has breathed his last hanging from the hangman’s halter at this daybreak in Gujranwala’s Central Jail.
Meantime, a convicted killer, who was slated to be hanged today at Gujranwala’s Central Jail , got reprieve as the concerned parties struck a compromise deal hours before his hanging. Saeed, who took lives of three people in 1990.
In Jehlum also, a death row prisoner, former traffic head constable, Abdur Rauf was executed in District Jail around today’s dawn. The convict assassinated a bridegroom, Ilyas over a matchmaking dispute in 1996 just moments before his marriage.
In Sialkot also, a death house inmate, Basharat has been sent to gallows in District Jail this morning. Basharat killed a man in 1997.
Convict, Younis killed three people including two women in 2000 over a family feud. Younis has been executed in Faisalabad’s Central Jail earlier today.
Another convict, Allah Ditta hanged at the gallows in Central Jail of Faisalabad for killing a woman in 1999.
In Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, a killer was hanged and the other’s hanging was stayed at the order of Lahore High Court. Mukhtar has been hanged at the gallows for killing a man in 2004.
The other convict, Khizar Hayat’s execution was put on hold at the LHC’s stay order. He took life of a man in Shad Bagh in 2001.
In Dera Ghazi Khan, Asghar hanged at the gallows this morning in the city’s Central Jail. He killed his nephew over a matchmaking brawl.
Two death row convicts also met their fate at Bahawalpur’s Central Jail. Ghulam Rasool killed three people including a woman in 1999. The other convict Muhammmed Asghar took life of a man during a robbery in 2002.