Pakistan reinstates death penalty to curb crime rate - The Globe and Mail
Pakistan’s new government, trying to appear determined to rein in escalating crime and militancy, has ended a ban on the death penalty, in a move condemned by international organisations as inhuman and retrograde.
Up to 8,000 people languish on death row in dozens of Pakistan’s notoriously overcrowded and violent jails.
Pakistan’s new government, trying to appear determined to rein in escalating crime and militancy, has ended a ban on the death penalty, in a move condemned by international organisations as inhuman and retrograde.
Up to 8,000 people languish on death row in dozens of Pakistan’s notoriously overcrowded and violent jails.