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| Govt ignores TTP threat, to execute three militants |
| 2013-08-15 |
| [Dawn] Despite threats by the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP), the government has decided to carry out the execution of condemned prisoners and the death penalty for the first batch of faceless myrmidons belonging to outlawed groups will be implemented next week. While the TTP has issued a 'warning' to the government to refrain from implementing the death penalties of its members, the interior minister says the new government is determined to establish the writ of law. "There is a huge backlog of 450 cases and we are processing them as fast as we can," Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan told Dawn. "We will continue the process to implement the execution orders so that the law may take its course," he said. The TTP had said in a letter addressed to the PML-N that both it and the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... should learn from the condition of the Awami National Party (ANP) after getting involved in a conflict with them. An official of the interior ministry said the government had decided to deal with all cases of execution on a case-to-case basis and those related to terrorism were being selected. Sources in the federal government said that three condemned prisoners were to be executed next week in the Sukkur Central Prison. The three Lashkar-e-Jhangvi ... a 'more violent' offshoot of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistain. LeJ's purpose in life is to murder anyone who's not of utmost religious purity, starting with Shiites but including Brelvis, Ahmadis, Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Rosicrucians, and just about anyone else you can think of. They are currently a wholly-owned subsidiary of al-Qaeda ... faceless myrmidons are Attaullah, to be executed on Aug 20, Mohammad Azam on Aug 21 and Jalal on Aug 22. Attaullah was awarded death sentence in six cases by an anti-terrorism court in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... on July 6, 2004, and Azam was sentenced to death in four cases by the same court. Implementation of death penalties has been on hold in the country since 2008 when the former PPP government decided against it and a presidential order imposed a moratorium. Soon after taking charge, the PML-N government decided that the condemned faceless myrmidons needed to be hanged so that their network could be abolished. The moratorium on executions ended on June 30. |
| Posted by:Fred |