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| Pakistan resumes executions after Peshawar school attack | Pakistan resumes executions after Peshawar school attack |
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| Pakistan has carried out two executions, the first since a death penalty moratorium was lifted after a deadly attack on a Peshawar school. | Pakistan has carried out two executions, the first since a death penalty moratorium was lifted after a deadly attack on a Peshawar school. |
| One of those executed was convicted over an attack on Pakistan's Army HQ in 2009, the other over an assassination attempt on ex-leader Pervez Musharraf. | One of those executed was convicted over an attack on Pakistan's Army HQ in 2009, the other over an assassination attempt on ex-leader Pervez Musharraf. |
| The UN had earlier urged Pakistan not to resume its executions. | The UN had earlier urged Pakistan not to resume its executions. |
| Some 141 people, all but nine of them children, died in the Taliban attack on the Army Public school in Peshawar. | |
| Pakistan's military carried out operations against Taliban units in areas near the border with Afghanistan on Friday, saying it had killed 59 militants. | Pakistan's military carried out operations against Taliban units in areas near the border with Afghanistan on Friday, saying it had killed 59 militants. |
| 'Different crimes' | 'Different crimes' |
| The two executions were carried out in the central city of Faisalabad late on Friday, officials said. | The two executions were carried out in the central city of Faisalabad late on Friday, officials said. |
| Pakistani media named the two executed men as Aqeel, alias Dr Usman, and Arshad Mehmood. | Pakistani media named the two executed men as Aqeel, alias Dr Usman, and Arshad Mehmood. |
| Usman was arrested during the raid on the Rawalpindi HQ and sentenced to death in 2011. | Usman was arrested during the raid on the Rawalpindi HQ and sentenced to death in 2011. |
| Mehmood was sentenced to death over the attempt on Mr Musharraf's life in the same city in 2003. | Mehmood was sentenced to death over the attempt on Mr Musharraf's life in the same city in 2003. |
| The home minister for Punjab province, Shuja Khanzada, told Associated Press: "Today's executions of terrorists will boost the morale of the nation, and we are planning to hang more terrorists next week." | |
| The Pakistani army chief has so far reportedly signed the death warrants of six terrorism convicts. | |
| UN human rights spokesman Rupert Colville had earlier urged Pakistan not to resume executions. | UN human rights spokesman Rupert Colville had earlier urged Pakistan not to resume executions. |
| He said: "To its great credit, Pakistan has maintained a de facto moratorium on the death penalty since 2008," he said, adding that those at risk of imminent execution were unconnected to the "premeditated slaughter" in Peshawar. | He said: "To its great credit, Pakistan has maintained a de facto moratorium on the death penalty since 2008," he said, adding that those at risk of imminent execution were unconnected to the "premeditated slaughter" in Peshawar. |
| "We urge the government not to succumb to widespread calls for revenge, not least because those at most risk of execution in the coming days are people convicted of different crimes." | "We urge the government not to succumb to widespread calls for revenge, not least because those at most risk of execution in the coming days are people convicted of different crimes." |
| The human rights organisation Reprieve warned that innocent people could be executed as a result of the government's decision, accusing the authorities of routinely overusing anti-terrorism laws to secure convictions. | |
| It said Pakistan had the world's largest number of death-row inmates - with more than 8,000 people awaiting execution. | |
| Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lifted the moratorium on executions in terror cases amid outrage at the massacre of the children. | Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lifted the moratorium on executions in terror cases amid outrage at the massacre of the children. |
| The country's de facto foreign minister, Sartaj Aziz, said the Peshawar attack was his country's own "mini 9/11" and required a sea-change in its fight against terrorism. | The country's de facto foreign minister, Sartaj Aziz, said the Peshawar attack was his country's own "mini 9/11" and required a sea-change in its fight against terrorism. |
| Special classes were held in Pakistan on Friday in which schoolchildren chanted prayers in memory of the victims of the massacre. | |
| The Taliban said that the attack was an act of revenge for its own losses in the army's military offensive. |