Summary Three more death row prisoners were hanged in various jails of Punjab on Thursday.
GUJRANWALA/FAISALABAD (Dunya News) - Three death row convicts have been sent to the gallows in different jails of Pakistan on early Thursday morning, Dunya News reported.
Two prisoners, Abdul Jabbar and Ijaz, were hanged in Gujranwala Central Jail while Zafar Iqbal executed in Faisalabad.
According to details, death row prisoner Abdul Jabbar was guilty of killing a man named Yaseen in 2001 over a business dispute while Ijaz had murdered a man in 1995.
Meanwhile, Zafar Iqbal was hanged in Faisalabad. Zafar Iqbal was guilty of killing a woman in 2005 during a robbery attempt.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lifted the moratorium on Dec. 17, a day after Taliban gunmen attacked a school and killed 134 students and 19 adults. The killings put pressure the government to do more to tackle the insurgency.
