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Is Pakistan’s grey gamble sinking in the Strait?Fresh clashes between the US and Iran near the Strait of Hormuz have cast doubt on Pakistan’s role as a mediator in the crisis. While Donal...- Israel passes law imposing death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terror attacks, US respects its 'right'Israel's parliament has passed a controversial law mandating the death penalty for West Bank Palestinians convicted of terrorist acts. The ...
- Execution date set for first Indian-origin death-row prisoner in USHowever, he is likely to get a reprieve because of a 2015 moratorium on death penalty by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf.
- Pakistan hangs 8 ahead of Peshawar school attack anniversaryThe latest executions were carried out in jails of Multan, Bahawalpur, Gujrat, Attock and Dera Ghazi Khan, according an official of interio...
- Pakistan hangs man convicted for multiple murdersHussain was convicted for murdering 6 people in 1996 to avenge the killing of his brothers and his petitions were already rejected by highe...
- Pakistan executes man convicted for killing policemen in 1997Pakistan executed a death row prisoner convicted of killing 4 policemen in 1997, taking the number of convicts executed to 211 since the co...
- Yakub Memon hanging: Kanimozhi to move private member’s bill in Rajya Sabha to abolish death penaltyIndia should implement a moratorium on death penalty, said DMK leader and Rajya Sabha member Kanimozhi on Thursday.
- Pakistan hangs two death row prisonersPakistan today hanged its 101th convict since the self-imposed moratorium on death penalty was lifted in December last year.
- Pakistan executes 100th convict, Amnesty slams actionHussain became the 100th death-row prisoner to be executed since a moratorium on death penalty was lifted by Pakistan in December last year.
- Pakistan hangs two prisoners following reversal of self-imposed moratorium on death penaltyPakistan hanged two death-row prisoners, taking to 68 the number of executions since country reversed self-imposed moratorium on death pena...
- Pakistan executes 4 death-row prisoners in different jails of PunjabTotal number of executions has reached 66 since the country reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in December.
- Pakistan to execute eight terror convictsPakistan Court issued warrants for hanging of 4 Lashkar-i-Jhangvi militants -- Hanif, Hussain, Khalil Ahmed & Saeed -- in two sectarian kil...
- Pakistan rejects UN, EU call of halting execution of terroristsNawaz Sharif had assured the UN Secretary General that all legal norms would be respected while handing down sentences to terrorists and du...
- EU criticises Pakistan's decision to restore death penaltyThe moratorium was lifted by Nawaz Sharif last week following the Peshawar school massacre that killed 150 people, including 134 children.
- European Union regrets Pakistan's decision to restore death penalty"We believe that the death penalty is not an effective tool in the fight against terrorism," EU envoy to Pakistan Lars-Gunnar Wigemark said...
- Pakistan set to execute 55 of 500 death-row militantsSeveral mercy appeals were pending since 2012 as former President Asif Zardari refused to take any action due to moratorium on executions.
- Resuming executions not answer to Peshawar tragedy: Amnesty InternationalPakistan government must resist giving in to fear and anger in the wake of the Peshawar school tragedy, Amnesty International said.
- India votes against UN General Assembly resolution on death penaltyIn its explanation of vote, India said the resolution seeks to promote a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penal...
- India votes against UNGA resolution banning death penaltyIndia was among the 39 countries that voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death penalty.
- India votes against resolution on moratorium on death penaltyIndia voted along with Iran, Saudi Arabia and China in opposing a resolution in the United Nations for a moratorium on the death penalty, b...
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