Four death convicts executed in Punjab

Bahawalpur/Kasur:  Four death row convicts were hanged in central jail Bahawalpur and in district jail Kasur today.

Muhammad Khan was convicted for killing a person in Chishtian in 1995, Muhammad Boota for murdering a person in Haroon Abad during 2003 and Faqeer Muhammad for killing a person in 2003. The three condemned persons were hanged in central prison Bahawalpur.

Meanwhile, another death row prisoner Maqbool Alias Qulli, who was hanged in district prison Kasur, had been convicted for murdering a man after kidnapping him from Lahore.  The family members of the victim refused to forgive him and his mercy appeal was also rejected by the president.

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