PAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN ADIALA JAIL

19 July 2016 :

Two murder convicts were hanged in the morning in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi.
According to jail authorities, Tahir Hussain and Chan Zaib were executed for killing two people for showing resistance during a robbery bid in 2003 in Sadiqabad police station.
The bodies of both the convicts were handed over to their relatives.

(Sources: jasarat.org, 18/07/2016)

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