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Saudi man pardons son’s killer ahead of execution

The killer was due to walk the gallows on Monday

Man convicted of killing woman during burglary executed

Mark Soliz, 37, was declared dead at 6:32 p.m. CDT (2332 GMT) at the state’s death chamber in Huntsville.

Man converted to Islam in US prison wins stay of execution over imam

42-year-old Domineque Ray, who converted to Islam while in a US prison, won a last-minute stay of execution

Supreme Court overturns Asia Bibi’s death sentence, orders immediate release

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside the conviction of Asia Bibi, a Christian woman condemned to death for blasphemy.   Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP)...

SC to hear Asia Bibi’s final appeal against execution on Monday

LAHORE: The Supreme Court is set to hear a final appeal by Christian woman Asia Bibi against her execution for blasphemy. A three-judge bench headed...

Afghanistan executes five members of criminal gang

KABUL: Afghanistan on Wednesday executed five members of a gang involved in kidnapping and murder, as the government of the war-torn nation struggles to...

Three hardcore terrorists hanged in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prison

PESHAWAR: Three terrorists condemned to death by a military court were sent to the gallows on Wednesday morning at a prison in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The...

Man hanged over judge’s murder in Adiyala Jail

RAWALPINDI: A death row prisoner was executed in Adiyala Jail on Tuesday morning over murdering two people, which included a judge, ARY News reported. According...

China court finds man executed 21 years ago innocent

BEIJING: China's top court on Friday cleared a man executed 21 years ago for murder -- more than a decade after another man confessed...

Supreme Court stays execution of schizophrenic prisoner

ISLAMABAD: A Supreme Court bench on Monday stayed the execution of Imdad Ali, a schizophrenic prisoner convicted in 2002 for killing a cleric. A three-member...

Mentally ill prisoner Imdad Ali to be executed on November 2

ISLAMABAD: The authorities issued a death warrant for a mentally ill condemned prisoner on Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled that his schizophrenia is...

North Korea executes vice premier for education: Seoul

SEOUL: North Korea has put to death a vice premier and sent two other officials away for re-education, South Korea said Wednesday, following media reports of a high profile execution in the secretive state.

Former MQM Unit in-charge sentenced to death in Waqas Shah case

KARACHI: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi on Monday announced execution for former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM)’s unit in-charge, Syed Asif Shah, in Waqas Shah murder case, ARY News reported.

Iran says 20 ‘terrorists’ executed in single day

TEHRAN, IRAN: The country has executed a group of 20 "terrorist" Sunni prisoners for committing several murders and undermining national security, state media reported on Thursday.

Execution of Pakistani citizen in Indonesia halted

KARACHI: Indonesia has on Thursday night halted execution of Pakistani citizen at the eleventh hour, Zulfiqar Ali, ARY News reported.

Indonesia rejects appeal to halt execution of Pakistani national

CILACAP: Indonesia Thursday rejected appeals from the United Nations and European Union to halt the execution of 14 drug convicts including a Pakistani national and other foreigners.

Rights group asks Indonesia to pardon Pakistani drug convict

ISLAMABAD: A human rights group urged Islamabad Monday to try to halt the execution of a Pakistani drug convict in Indonesia after his family was notified he would soon face a firing squad.

Iraq executes five after devastating Baghdad blast: ministry

BAGHDAD: Iraq executed five convicts on Monday, the justice ministry said, linking the timing of the executions to the Baghdad suicide bombing the previous day that killed more than 200 people.

Pakistan condemns Motiur Rehman Nizami’s hanging in Bangladesh

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday strongly condemned the execution of the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), Motiur Rehman Nizami in Bangladesh, while Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan termed the hanging 'inhumane' and a 'violation of international laws'.

US executes man convicted for fatal beating

WASHINGTON: The US state of Georgia on Thursday executed a man convicted of murder in a fatal beating as a teenager, despite last-ditch appeals to spare his life.
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