Double murder convict hanged in Lahore

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AFP
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Double murder convict hanged in Lahore
LAHORE: A death row convict was executed in Kot Lakhpat jail here on Wednesday morning.

Zulfiqar, a resident of Shakargarh, was convicted of double murder which he had committed in 1998. The convict had killed two men Mehrab and Rafaq in Barakahu area of Islamabad.

His body was handed over to family after the doctor verified his death following the hanging.

The prisoner was hanged after his appeal of clemency was rejected by the president of Pakistan.

Pakistan lifted a moratorium on capital punishment after a deadly militant raid on Peshawar’s army run school which saw almost 150 people killed, mostly children on December 14 last year.