MULTAN (Pakistan): The Islamic country has resumed executions by hanging two murder convicts following a one-month break during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which ended last week.
The hangings, which took place in the central city of Multan early in the morning, brought to 176 the total number of people executed since December when the country ended a six-year moratorium on the death penalty, according to the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
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