Summary Azhar Sadiq requested the court to seek details about the prisoners on death row.
LAHORE (Dunya News)— During the hearing of the case regarding execution of terrorists, the Judicial Activism Panel chairman Azhar Sadiq argued that the prisoners on death row have not been executed for past six years and therefore, a complete record pertaining to their gender and statistics is not available.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lifted the death penalty moratorium in the wake of Peshawar massacre. However, the foreign and local prisoners on death row are not being executed though the appeals against their death penalty have been cancelled.
Therefore, Azhar Sadiq requested the court to seek details about the prisoners on death row and begin the proceedings.
The court accepting the request ordered the Federal and provincial governments of Pakistan to provide the details in the next fifteen days.
