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PM advises president to reject mercy pleas
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday sent advice to President Mamnoon Hussain to reject the mercy petitions of five condemned prisoners, involved in heinous cases of terrorism. According to PM’s Office statement, the prisoners are Muhammad Ikram ul Haq alias Lahori alias Farooq Haider, son of Bashir Ahmed; Ahmed Ali alias Asif alias Shish Naag, son of Ghulam Abbas; Mohammad Tayyab alias Sajjad, son of Nabi Ahmed; Ghulam Shabbir alias Doctor alias Nasir alias Zeeshan alias Sohail, son of Bashir Ahmed and Zulfiqar Ali, son of Abdul Hameed. The mercy petitions of Muhammad Ikramul Haq, Ahmed Ali, Mohammad Tayyab, Ghulam Shabbir and Zulfiqar Ali had been lying at the Presidency. After the appeals were rejected their death warrants will be issued and they would be hanged.
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