Insight - Militants in minority in Pakistan execution drive, deterrent effect debated


  • World
  • Monday, 27 Jul 2015

Relatives mourn the death of Saulat Mirza, who was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in 1999 for killing three people and hanged, after his body arrived in Karachi, Pakistan May 12, 2015. REUTERS/Athar Hussain

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - When Pakistan resumed executions after the massacre of 134 pupils at an army-run school last December, the government promised hangings would help deter Islamist militants.

A Reuters analysis of 180 people hanged since late December, however, shows that fewer than one in six were linked to militancy.

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