ISLAMABAD: As many as 17 condemned prisoners have been hanged to death in jails of different cities of Punjab and Baluchistan early this morning on Tuesday.
Three death row prisoners namely Inayatullah, Zafar Iqbal and Muhammad Lateef were executed in Gujranwala.
Muhammad Azam, Nizamuddin and Muhammad Hussain convicted prisoners were hanged to death in Faisalabad.
Three prisoners were hanged in Rawalpindi . Those who were executed included Raja Raees, Shakeel and Sarfaraz.
Two in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail. Both Ghulam Nabi and Allah Rakha were executed on murder charges.
Two prisoners were hanged to death in Sialkot District Jail while one murderer each was sent to gallows in Sahiwal, Multan, Gujrat and Machh jail of Baluchistan.