PAKISTAN: A man will be executed despite abolition of death penalty
ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME
Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-221-2008
5 October 2008
The federal cabinet decided on July 2, 2008 to commute the death sentence but due to pressure from Muslim fundamentalists and Suo Moto action from Chief Justice, Mr. Abdul Hameed Dogar, appointed by former president General Musharraf during the state of emergency. However, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan has also announced that death sentences will be commuted in his first press conference after taking the oath of president ship. The prime minister also announced on June 21, 2008, that death sentences will be commuted to life imprisonment but he has failed to issue the notification.
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