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Pakistan's lift on death penalty ban is 'draconian and repressive': Amnesty

LONDON: Amnesty International on Wednesday termed Pakistan measure to lift the moratorium on executions in terror cases as 'draconian and repressive' tactic to counter terrorism, ARY News reported.

Interior Ministry fear terrorists' reprisal over executions

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Interior on Wednesday warned that banned outfits in the country could wage terror attacks to bring to a halt executions of their operatives, ARY News reported.

U.N. chief appeals to Indonesia to stop death row executions

NEW YORK: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appealed to Indonesia on Friday not to execute prisoners on death row for drug crimes, including citizens of Australia, Brazil, France, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria and the Philippines.

Australians could boycott Indonesia over executions: FM

SYDNEY: Australian travellers could boycott Indonesia if Jakarta executes two drug smugglers on death row, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said Friday as she refused to rule out withdrawing diplomats.

EU trade deal boosts Pakistan exports by $1bn: minister

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani exports to the European Union increased by more than a billion dollars after a landmark trade deal last year which made its products more competitive, the commerce minister told AFP.

Jordan executes two jihadists in response to pilot murder

AMMAN: Jordan executed two jihadist prisoners at dawn on Wednesday after vowing a harsh response to the Islamic State group's burning alive of a Jordanian pilot, government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani said.

Two sectarian killers executed in Karachi

KARACHI: Two death row convicts Muhammad Azam and Ataullah were hanged on Tuesday in Karachi Central Jail, ARY News reported.

Rights groups call on Pakistan to halt execution

ISLAMABAD: Rights organisations on Thursday called on Pakistan to halt the execution of the first civilian for a non-terror related offence since 2008, saying the move would violate its own official policy.

Seven more criminals executed across Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: Seven convicted criminals awaiting execution were hanged to death on Tuesday (today) morning in different cities of Pakistan, ARY News reported.

Seven terror convicts to be hanged today

KARACHI: As part of the National Action Plan, seven death row convicts will be hanged to death in four different cities of the country on Tuesday [today], ARY News reported.

Saudis beheaded in first executions of 2015

RIYADH: Two Saudis convicted of drug trafficking became the first people executed in 2015 in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom, which beheaded 87 people last year, according to an AFP tally.

SHC suspends executions of two death convicts

KARACHI: Sindh High Court (SHC) on Monday suspended execution of death penalty of two members of a militant group, ARY News reported.

PM directs AG to look into LHC verdict over executions

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has instructed Attorney General Salman Aslam Butt to look into the judgement of the Lahore High Court (LHC) regarding the executions of five convicted terrorists, ARY News reports.

Activists slam Pakistan for resuming executions after school massacre

ISLAMABAD: Rights groups Saturday condemned Pakistan's decision to hang two convicted militants in its first executions for six years, as leaders vowed decisive action in the wake of a Taliban school massacre that left 149 people dead.

U.N. urges Pakistan to refrain from resuming executions

GENEVA: The U.N. human rights office appealed to Pakistan on Friday to refrain from resuming executions after the massacre of 141 people in a Peshawar school, saying this would not stop terrorism and might even feed a "cycle of revenge".
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