Zaman alias Zamani, the man convicted of killing former Punjab chief minister Ghulam Haider Wyne, was hanged in Multan on Thursday.
Ghulam Haider was a Pakistan Muslim League (PML) leader who rose to the position of Punjab chief minister in 1990. He was murdered during an election rally in Punjab’s Mianchannu tehsil in September 1993.
Five other convicted men were also hanged in three jails in Punjab, local media reported.
Two prisoners were hanged in Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail for murder. Inmate Zareen was accused of killing two brothers in Murree whereas Rab Nawaz was found guilty of murdering a man in Royal Artillery Bazaar in the garrison city.
In Dera Ghazi Khan’s Central Jail, two brothers — Ghulam Akbar and Hazoor Buksh — were executed. They were convicted of murdering two men in 1996.
Murder convict Abdul Sami was hanged in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. His black warrants were issued on Tuesday after he was found guilty of killing a man over a petty dispute.
Over 200 prisoners have been executed since Pakistan lifted its moratorium on the death penalty in all capital cases on March 10 this year.
The United Nations, the European Union, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have called on Pakistan to re-impose its moratorium on the death penalty.
