“The prime minister has approved abolishment of moratorium on the execution of death penalty in terrorism-related cases,” an official from Sharif’s office said, according to Agence France-Presse.
Hanging remains on the Pakistani statute book and judges continue to pass the death sentence, but a de facto moratorium on civilian executions has been in place since 2008.
Afghan Taliban
Meanwhile, the Afghan Taliban condemned the school attack in neighboring Pakistan saying killing innocent children was against Islam."The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has always condemned the killing of children and innocent people at every juncture," the Afghan Taliban, which often target civilians, said in a statement released late Tuesday, according to Agence France-Presse.....................http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/asia/2014/12/17/Pakistan-in-mourning-for-141-killed-in-Taliban-school-.html
17/12/14
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UN chief urges Pakistan to end executions, reinstate death penalty moratorium ...
ReplyDeleteSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on the Government of Pakistan to bring an end to the executions of all convicts and re-impose the country’s moratorium on the death penalty, a United Nations spokesperson announced today.
Mr. Ban’s appeal follows Pakistan’s recent decision to lift a six-year moratorium on the use of the death penalty following the recent terrorist attack on a school in Peshawar which claimed the lives of 145 people, the majority of whom were children.
The UN spokesperson’s office noted that in a phone conversation held yesterday with Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, the Secretary-General reiterated his condolences to the people and Government of Pakistan and, “while fully recognising the difficult circumstances” the country now found itself in, urged the Government to reinstate the moratorium and bring executions to a halt.
Earlier this week, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, condemned Pakistan’s decision, particularly at a time when the international community is increasingly turning away from the use of the death penalty.
In a news release issued on 22 December, Mr. Zeid warned that “no judiciary, anywhere, can be infallible” and stressed that “no justice system, no matter how robust, can guarantee against wrongful convictions.”.....................http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=49693#.VJ5x3cw7I
26/12/14