PAKISTAN: 4 DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN VARIOUS CITIES
October 21, 2015: Four murder convicts were hanged in the jails of Lahore, Bahawalpur, Toba Tek Singh and Dera Ghazi Khan while execution of two convicts was postponed.
Death row convict Fayaz was executed in the New Central Jail of Bahawalpur. He had killed his would-be son-in-law just before marriage in 1997.
Death row prisoner Qamar Zaman was executed in the District Jail of Toba Tek Singh for killing a man named Iqbal in 2001.
Another death row prisoner, Saif, was sent to the gallows in the District Jail of Dera Ghazi Khan. He was found guilty of killing two people, including his wife, in the name of honour in 1996.
Another murder convict, Munir, was hanged in the Kot Lakhpat Jail of Lahore. He was awarded death sentence in 2003 while execution of two other convicts was postponed. (Sources: Dunya News, 21/10/2015)
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