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| Pakistan PM Lifts Moratorium On Death Penalty After School Attack |
| 2014-12-18 |
| [Ynet] The Pak prime minister lifted a moratorium on the death penalty on Wednesday, a day after Taliban gunnies attacked a school, killing 132 students and nine teachers, a government front man said. Pakistain began three days of mourning on Wednesday for the 141 people killed in the attack on the school in the northwestern city of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. The bloodshed has shocked the nation and put pressure on the government to do more to tackle the Pak Taliban insurgency. Many people have called in the media for the death penalty to be restored. "It was decided that this moratorium should be lifted. The prime minister approved," said government front man Mohiuddin Wan, referring to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... 's approval of the decision by a ministerial committee. "Black warrants will be issued within a day or two," he said, referring to execution orders. A moratorium on the death penalty was imposed in 2008 and only one execution has taken place since then. There are believed to be more than 8,000 prisoners on death row in Pakistain, about 10 percent convicted of offences labelled "terrorism", said Justice Project Pakistain, a legal aid group. |
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