The president of the country President Mamnoon Hussain stopped earlier yesterday, the implementation of the death sentence handed down to a paraplegic convict, Abdul Basit, for two months.
He also ordered an inquiry into the convict’s health.
Basit was scheduled to be executed today
A press release quoted President Hussain as observing that standards of human rights should not be compromised at any cost.
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