PAKISTAN: EIGHT MORE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED

October 13, 2015: At least eight death row convicts were sent to the gallows early in the morning in different jails of Punjab, Dunya News reported.
According to details, double murder convict Muhammad Ashraf was hanged in Attock District Jail. Ashraf had killed a father and his son in 2003 over a land dispute.
Two real brothers, Aslam and Azam, were executed in District Jail Gujrat. Aslam with the help of his brother Azam had killed his father-in-law in 1999.
Two death row convicts were hanged in Central Jail Multan. Death row prisoner Shafeeq was hanged for killing a youth in 1992 during a robbery attempt while death row convict Akram had killed a man over a land dispute.
Three death row prisoners were executed in New Central Jail Bahawalpur. Death row convict Thanedar had killed his wife and father-in-law over a family dispute while two real brothers Ghulam Qadir and Ghulam Sarwar were also hanged in the same jail. Qadir had killed his daughter and son-in-law with the help of his brother Ghulam Sarwar. Since the de facto ban on capital punishment ended on 17 December 2014, at least 256 people, including twenty-five convicted terrorists, have been executed in Pakistan. (Sources: Dunya News, 13/10/2015)