Nawaz halts death sentence to 468 inmates
PML-N led government had announced there would be no amnesty for the convicts awaiting execution.
SLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has halted death sentence to 468 inmates.
According to details, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif suspended implementation on death sentence to 468 prisoners including terrorists and others who were awarded capital punishment by military courts, till further orders after holding consultation with President Asif Ali Zardari.
Under the previous government led by the Pakistan People s Party (PPP), no one except a soldier convicted by court martial was put to death since 2008. The Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N), which came to power in the May 11 general elections, ended the moratorium imposed by President Asif Ali Zardari in 2008.
The PML-N led government in July had announced there would no longer be any general amnesty for the convicts awaiting execution, raising concerns from human rights activists and opponents of capital punishment.
