Summary Nawaz holds everything regarding execution of sentences till his meeting with President Zardari.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has ordered an immediate halt to the carrying out of death penalty in the country, a government spokesman has confirmed.
Prime Minister’s spokesman Sunday told the media that reports aired on some TV channels that President Zardari had stopped the implementation of the death sentence on some condemned prisoners were incorrect.
He said that the president of Pakistan had sent a letter to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif that he wanted to meet the PM to discuss the issue of the long-pending death sentence on hundreds of convicted prisoners.
The spokesman said that as the date of executions was approaching and the president was out of the country, the prime minister had directed the Interior ministry to hold everything regarding the execution of death sentences till the conclusion of the meeting between the prime minister and the head of state.
Earlier, a spokesman for Punjabi Taliban had warned the government of dire consequences in case the members of the banned outfit on death row were executed.
