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2013-08-19 India-Pakistan
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Pakistan orders temporary stay of executions
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[Dawn] Pakistain on Sunday ordered a temporary stay of executions following objections from the president and rights groups, days before they were due to resume after a five-year moratorium.
The new government of 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...
in June scrapped the moratorium on the death penalty in a bid to crack down on criminals and Islamist snuffies in the violence-torn country.
But on Sunday the government announced that executions, which had been scheduled to begin this week, would be stayed temporarily following objections from outgoing  President Asif Ali Ten Percent Zardari
... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ...
The stay would last until Zardari returns from abroad to discuss the matter with Sharif, a statement said. 
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Posted by Fred 2013-08-19 00:00||
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