Pakistan Murder Convicts Hanged

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  Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Hanged To Death, Didn't Get Fair Trial: Pak Supreme Court

  Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that former Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who was hanged 44 year ago after being convicted of murder, didn't get a fair trial.

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  Pakistan Carries Out More Executions Despite Protests

  Pakistan today hanged four more prisoners convicted of murder despite international criticism over its surging use of the death penalty.

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  Execution of Disabled Pakistani Man Delayed for Fourth Time

  A disabled Pakistani murder convict was given a fourth stay of execution late Tuesday just hours before he was due to be hanged, as rights activists slammed Islamabad for a executions spree on track to see 300 deaths in under a year.

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  11 Murder Convicts Hanged in Pakistan

  Eleven murder convicts were today hanged in jails across Pakistan, two days before a temporary ban on executions begins during the holy month of Ramadan.

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  Pakistan Hangs Another Prisoner Convicted For Murder

  Pakistan today hanged another prisoner convicted for murder, as execution continue despite pressure by international right groups.

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  Pakistan Stays Execution of Party Activist After Video 'Confession'

  Pakistani authorities today delayed by three days the hanging of a political activist convicted of murder, as a video of him emerged claiming his party chief had ordered him to carry out killings.

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  Pakistan Convict Was Dressed in White for Hanging When Execution Was Stayed

  A Pakistani man charged as a child with murder was dressed in a white uniform, ready for hanging, and told to write his will before the execution was postponed, his family said today.

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  'Don't Deprive Me of My Child': Pakistan Death Row Convict's Mother Pleads for Mercy

  The family of a Pakistani man charged as a child with murder and due to be hanged made heartrending appeals to the government on Wednesday, complaining of a flawed justice system that allowed months of torture to extract a confession.

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  Pakistan Hangs 9 as Death Row Convict's Mother Begs for Mercy

  Pakistan hanged nine death row convicts today, media said, as the mother of a man charged as a child with murder and due to be hanged this week begged the president for mercy.

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  Death Warrant Issued for Pakistani Convicted as Teen

  Pakistani authorities today issued a death warrant for a killer condemned as a teenager, as a triple murderer was hanged in the 25th execution since the country resumed capital punishment in December.

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  Pakistan Hangs Militants Convicted of Murder

  Pakistan on Thursday hanged two militants convicted of murder, bringing to 18 the number of executions it has carried out since it lifted a six-year moratorium on the death penalty in terror related cases following a school massacre last month.

• Kuwait hangs three convicts in first executions since 2007

  Authorities in Kuwait on Monday hanged three convicted murderers in the first executions in the Gulf state since May 2007, the ministry of justice said.

• Pakistan hangs soldier in first execution in four years

  A Pakistani soldier convicted of murder was hanged early on Thursday in the country's first execution for four years, officials said.