Pakistan on Tuesday postponed the hanging of a paralysed death row convict due to lack of clarity of rules on how to execute a physically disabled person.


Abdul Basit, 43, was scheduled to be executed in Faisalabad Central Jail in Punjab but the decision was not implemented. Ordering the postponement, a magistrate said that Basit could not be hanged in compliance with the jail manual because he is in a wheelchair.


According to the local laws, the convict should stand up on the platform for the noose but in case of Basit, he is bound to wheel-chair, an official said. The authorities are considering to seek opinion of the home department in Punjab and inspector general of jails in the province how to carry out the execution.