A special anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Friday fixed January 14 for the execution of two convicted terrorists at Faisalabad District Jail.
A petition by Faisalabad jail superintendent reportedly states that prisoner Faiz Ahmad was awarded death penalty in 2006 for killing Lance Naik Tariq Mahmood in Nankana Sahib in 2000.
He said the second prisoner on death row, Muhammad Sharif, was convicted in 2000 for involvement in various terrorism activities.
The jail chief told the court that mercy petitions of both the convicts had also been rejected by the president, therefore, the court should issue death warrants of the convicts for their execution. The court approved the application and issued the death warrants.
Now the court has set January 14 for execution of the two terrorists.
Authorities plan to execute around 500 militants in the coming months, after the government lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in terror cases following a terrorist attack on Army Public School in Peshawar.
Six terrorists have been hanged since Friday amid rising public anger over the December 16 slaughter in Peshawar, which left 150 people, mostly children, dead.
