Tag: Executions

KARACHI- Two prisoners on death row convicted of murder were executed early morning on Tuesday at Karachi Central Jail, private media reported. An anti-terrorism court...

A Burmese woman has been publicly beheaded in the holy city of Mecca, sparking condemnation of Saudi Arabia's human rights record. Laila Bint Abdul Muttalib Basim, who resided in...

LAHORE- Activist of banned sectarian group Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP); Ikramul Haq was executed Saturday morning at Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Central Jail, for killing a man...

LAHORE- Two more convicts were executed Thursday in Lahore and Karachi jails, private media reported. The latest hangings pushed to 18 the number of executions carried...

LAHORE- Following an acquittal of four death row prisoners last week, Lahore High Court on Tuesday acquitted another convict condemned to death for murdering a...

KARACHI- Seven death row prisoners were executed Tuesday in different jails across country, local media reported. Murder convict Bahram Khan was hanged in Karachi for killing Advocate...

KARACHI- Mercy appeals of three death row convicts was rejected Friday by Sindh High Court, private media reported. One of the convicts, Shafqat Hussain, was condemned...

LAHORE- The Rawalpindi bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Friday accepted hearing a petition against the death sentence of three death row convicts, halting...

LAHORE- The execution of  murder convict, and member of banned outfit Sipah Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) Ikramul Haq was delayed at the eleventh hour on Thursday following...

Two death-row convicts of Sipah Sahaba executed in Multan Jail, Akram Lahori from same outfit to be hanged today Death-row inmate commits suicide in Sheikhupura...

KARACHI- Death warrants for six convicted prisoners on death row were issued here on Saturday, private media reported. Terror convict Zulfiqar Ali, belonging to terrorist organisation...

ISLAMABAD- The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday constituted three-member bench to hear terrorism-related cases and appeals filed against death warrants. According to media reports,...

PESHAWAR- Convicted terrorist Niaz Muhammed; involved in 2003's Musharraf attack case, was executed in Peshawar early Wednesday morning, private media reported. Muhammed, hailing from Swabi, was...

ISLAMABAD- Pakistan Saturday defended lifting moratorium on death penalty in terrorism related cases, saying that the country is facing ‘difficult circumstances.’ ‘Unusual situations demand extraordinary...

UN chief Ban Ki-moon is pressing Pakistan to end capital punishment and restore a moratorium on the death penalty the government lifted in terror...

ISLAMABAD- The European Union mission in Islamabad on Wednesday condemned Pakistan's decision to restart executions in the wake of the country's bloodiest-ever terror attack. Pakistan has...

  Condemned for murder when he was a teenager, Shafqat Hussain could be one of the next to go to the gallows in Pakistan's wave...