Twelve more murder convicts have been hanged early Wednesday at different jails across Pakistan.
The mass execution started on Tuesday, after 12 death row prisoners were executed in different prisons across the country. which was the largest number of executions in a single day since the moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in December 2014.
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Rawalpindi
Four convicted murderers were hanged early Wednesday morning at the Adiyala jail in Rawalpindi.
The higher courts and the president turned down the appeals and mercy pleas of Shaukat Ali, Mohammad Shabbir, Talib Hussain and Rab Nawaz.
Meanwhile, the execution orders of convicted murderer Qadeer Ahmed were stayed following a last-minute reprieve.
Jhang
Ghulam Mohammad was executed, he was sentenced to death for killing his brother-in-law in August 2000. He was executed along with convicted murderer Zakir Hussain at the District Jail Jhang.
Mianwali
Murder convict Ahmed Nawaz have also been executed at the Central jail Mianwali. Nawaz was sentenced to be hanged for killing a man in 1998 over a personal feud.
Faisalabad
Two death row convicts Shafaqat Ali and Mohammad Saeed were hanged in Faisalabad jail. They were convicted of killing two brothers in March 1998.
Gujrat
At the Gujrat District Jail, two murder convicts were executed early morning today.
Azhar Mahood was sentenced to death for killing a lawyer in 1990, while Mohammad Zaman was convicted of committing murder during a robbery bid in the year 2000.
Asad Khan was sentenced to death for committing five murders in two separate incidents.
Khan will be hanged at the Jauharabad district jail in Sargodha.
A total of 39 people have so far been hanged since the government restarted executions in December.
