12 Pakistani convicts hanged on same day in different prisons

#deathrow #peshawarschoolattack #taliban Subsequent to the lifting of ban on hangings, Pakistan has hanged 12 convicts in various prisons across the country – it was the largest number of people executed on the same day after the country overturned a ban on executions. This has been reported in bbc.com dated 17 March 2015.
It has been reported by Pakistan's Dawn newspaper that the latest executions took place in Multan, Karachi, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala and Jhang.
It has been informed by the interior ministry that the men were terrorists, murderers or guilty of "heinous crimes". So far, at least 27 convicts have been executed since the moratorium of hanging was lifted. Most of them were militants. As per estimates, there are over 8,000 Pakistanis on death row.
It may be recalled that a moratorium on hangings was lifted for terror-related crimes because of the attack in a school in Peshawar after a Taliban attack in December. Over 150 people, mostly children, lost their lives in the attack.
The scope of capital punishment policy has been widened to include all prisoners on death row whose appeals had been rejected.

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