Pak rejects UN, EU call of halting execution of terrorists

December 28, 2014 16:58

Pakistan has rejected calls by UN and EU to revive moratorium on execution of convicts, saying "capital punishment for terrorists does not violate international law".

"Pakistan respects the international community, but the country is passing through extraordinary circumstances, which demand extraordinary measures to be taken," a government spokesman was quoted as saying by Dawn news.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had called Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on December 25 and asked for halting the executions.

"Peaceful Pakistan is in the best interest of the world. Pakistan is cognisant of its obligations under UN Human Rights Conventions/Covenants. Execution of terrorists violates no international law," Foreign Office Spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said on her twitter account.

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