Peshawar massacre fallout: 17 convicts to be hanged within 2-3 days

December 18, 2014 19:29

With Pakistan lifting the moratorium on the death sentences, 17 of the 55 convicted terrorists whose mercy petitions have been dismissed will be executed in the next few days.

There are at least 522 criminals sentenced to death in terror and other cases related to serious crimes in the country, including 11 who were convicted by a military court.

The mercy appeals of 55 death row inmates have been dismissed by the Supreme Court and President Mamnoon Hussain. Seventeen of them will be executed in the next few days. "Their death warrants will be issued and their relatives will be called in to have their last meeting with them," Pakistan's interior ministry was quoted as saying.

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