Pakistan on Tuesday hanged its 100th convict since a moratorium on death penalty was lifted in December last year, prompting rights group Amnesty International to call it as a “shameful milestone”. Munir Hussain, a death row convict was hanged in Vehari district jail in the Punjab province early morning, authorities said. He was sentenced to death in a double murder case. He had killed his nephew and niece over a land dispute in 2000.
Hussain became the 100th death-row prisoner to be executed since a moratorium on death penalty was lifted by Pakistan in December last year. Reacting to the execution, the london-based rights group said Pakistan is gaining a reputation as one of the leading executioners in the world. “In reaching this shameful milestone of 100 executions in just over four months, the Pakistani authorities are showing total disregard for human life. Our concerns are heightened by manifestly unfair trials in many cases that fall well below minimum standards set by international law,” David Griffiths, Amnesty International’s Deputy Asia Pacific Director said in a statement.