ISLAMABAD—Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif temporarily suspended the use of the death penalty during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which began on Friday, the government said.
Sharif ordered a pause to observe “the sanctity of the holy month,” according to a statement released by the premier’s office Thursday evening.
In December Sharif’s government partially lifted Pakistan’s moratorium on executions, specifically for terrorism-related cases, following the Taliban attack on a school in the city of Peshawar that left 150 people dead, mostly children.
He later lifted the ban entirely, and since then about 150 inmates have been hanged in Pakistan.
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