Summary Two death row convicts were hanged in various cities of Punjab on Tuesday morning.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Two death row prisoners were hanged on early Tuesday morning in the jails of Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur on early Tuesday morning while execution of two convicts was postponed, Dunya News reported.
According to details, double murder convict Abdul Majeed was hanged in the District Jail Dera Ghazi Khan. Abdul Majeed was executed for killing his brother and nephew in 2002.
The execution of death row convict Ibrar Hussain in the District Jail Toba Tek Singh was postponed after the rival parties reached a friendship agreement. Ibrar Hussain had killed Muhammad Akram in 1997.
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Another double murder convict was hanged in the New Central Jail Bahawalpur while the execution of death row prisoner Khadam Hussain was postponed on court’s order.
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, authorities have hanged more than 250 people after lifting a 2008 moratorium on executions in December after a deadly Taliban attack on a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar killed 150 people, mostly children.
