What is behind Pakistan's dramatic rise in executions?: BBC

[AsifIjaz]

I hope that public execution will be carried out of mullah fazlullah and all the other militants who prepared, helped and / or were involved in the Peshawar attack.
I am in for execution of anyone who takes life of a human being from any religion possible. But when the killing is on a mass level or leaves a deeper impact than the response should be befitting. Enough to send shivers in masses to avoid a similar incidence.
Same rule should be applied to idiots who burned Christians in Lahore or the idiots who burned Muslims in the same city.

 

[ayesha.a]

Btw there is simple method to check one's age. Count the public hair of that person. There is direct corelation between age and public hair per requare inches. This is called PSI factor.

Oh dear, where did you get this from?

1) It is not true.

2) Even if it were true, I'm guessing that you won't get anybody willing to do that job! (j/k.)

3) PSI factor is the name of a Canadian TV show of the 90s.

 

[coffee_cup]

Ms Belal says Shafqat Hussain was tortured for nine days before giving a confession, which he later withdrew. All other evidence against him was "purely circumstantial".

She says there has never been a credible investigation into his age or the validity of his torture claims.

The decision to postpone his execution on Tuesday is the fourth time he's been granted a last-minute reprieve. Ms Belal says she will continue to fight on her client's behalf until his execution is permanently halted.

"At the very least the government has to answer on what grounds they've got to proceed. They have to determine his age and produce and release evidence."

Shafqat Hussain claims he was electrocuted and had his fingernails pulled out
Cases like this are not uncommon, according to Maya Pastakia.

"Trials are often characterised by lack of access to fair legal counsel," said Ms Pastakia. "Often the accused in the initial stages will be given a state appointed lawyer who is often poorly trained and lacks competence.

"All judicial systems make mistakes and as long as the death penalty persists, innocent people will be executed. There is no going back."

How does Pakistan compare with the rest of the world?

Convicts are often flogged before execution in Iran
The issue of capital punishment sparks heated debates around the world. Although 99 nations have abolished the death penalty, 22 countries carried out executions in 2014.

China and North Korea are believed to be among the world's top executioners, however specific figures are difficult to obtain, because they are concealed by the authorities.

Amnesty International does collate figures from other countries, which show Iran and Saudi Arabia are responsible for the largest share of executions.

Iran confirmed 289 deaths last year, but 454 others were not officially acknowledged, Amnesty says. In Saudi Arabia at least 90 executions were carried out.

Pakistan is quickly catching up. Amnesty said on 10 June that 150 prisoners had been executed so far in 2015 - that compares to 90 in Saudi Arabia during roughly the same period. By the end of April the Iranian authorities had announced 130 executions, but 222 others were reported by other sources.

What is behind Pakistan's dramatic rise in executions? - BBC News

Our country, our rules to fight terrorism and get rid of terrorists. Go &%$§ yourself BBC.

 

[I S I]

Give those 8000 culprits britain visa then. Problem solved.

 

[livingdead]

sad to see pakistan going in Iran's route to barbarism. People will want revenge, people will want blood for blood, its natural in a violent society. That should not stop rulers from providing justice to all.

 

[I S I]

sad to see pakistan going in Iran's route to barbarism. People will want revenge, people will want blood for blood, its natural in a violent society. That should not stop rulers from providing justice to all.

Indians don't like it? It means we're on right path.

 

[livingdead]

Indians don't like it? It means we're on right path.

what if some Indians like and others dont?

 

[I S I]

what if some Indians like and others dont?

It means the same then. Even 1% of indians opposition means we're on right path.

 

[livingdead]

It means the same then. Even 1% of indians opposition means we're on right path.

but more than 1% Indian will always oppose anything.. should you not go with majority? (I mean against majority)

 

[Icarus]

sad to see pakistan going in Iran's route to barbarism. People will want revenge, people will want blood for blood, its natural in a violent society. That should not stop rulers from providing justice to all.

With the largest number of prisoners on death row in the world, they were getting to be a load on the system, then there's the fact that the law was being too lightly and some deterrence had to be established for which guilty parties needed to hang. Its hardly the most enviable course of action, but then again, we are hardly in the most enviable of situations. With a roaring Islamist insurgency nationwide, political violence in Karachi and a violent separatist movement in Balochistan coupled with the presence of belligerent neighbors on our two longest borders, we our bound to develop a propensity for some bloody justice.

 

[Mujahid Memon]

sad to see pakistan going in Iran's route to barbarism. People will want revenge, people will want blood for blood, its natural in a violent society. That should not stop rulers from providing justice to all.

blood for blood is a natural law

 

[Salik]

Oh dear, where did you get this from?

1) It is not true.

2) Even if it were true, I'm guessing that you won't get anybody willing to do that job! (j/k.)

3) PSI factor is the name of a Canadian TV show of the 90s.

If i say inception it doesn't mean Inception 2010 movie. I can't post pictures of public hair due to obvious reasons to further explain. And thanks for the j/k part.

@S.U.R.B. sir what are other methods of age checking except bone cut and scan.

 

[ayesha.a]

If i say inception it doesn't mean Inception 2010 movie. I can't post pictures of public hair due to obvious reasons to further explain. And thanks for the j/k part.

@S.U.R.B. sir what are other methods of age checking except bone cut and scan.

"Inception" has other legitimate meanings, than being the name of a movie. But "PSI factor"? Could you show me any link about how it is a measure of pubic hair per square inch, and that it can be used to determine the age?

Here are some methods used to determine approximate age:

With no paper trail, can science determine age? - science-in-society - 11 May 2012 - New Scientist

Those are not very precise or conclusive. There is no way at present to determine age with any precision. And I've never heard of the pubic hair test - but I have reasons to suspect that that cannot be true.

 

[TankMan]

His sentence has been halted....

I doubt this guy was a juv a couple of years ago... He seems to be in his late 30s :

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Common criminal ? Yeah killing kids is considered a common crime??



Sailor Mirza ? The person confessed to killing people on TV.



Asia bibi? No woman has ever been put to death in Pak... Ever! Her case is still in the court!



This is just BS!


Most of those 8000+ are in for terrorism... Including taliban fighters !(majority of them).


Others are on crimes like rapes,murders etx... Unless BBC considers these crimes as "non lethal".... Which is nothin short of utter BS!

Here's a picture of Shafqat Hussain when he was arrested for murder. He was definitely not fourteen.

This article is indeed full of pure bovine excrement.

 

[Menace2Society]

This is what they don't report.