Death-row prisoner dies of heart attack
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SUKKUR: A condemned prisoner who was to be hanged on Tuesday died of heart attack in Central Jail Sukkur on Saturday, prison officials said.
According to police, Nazim hailed from the Jacobabad district and he was a patient of blood pressure.
No details were immediately released by the authorities concerned about the case in which he was awarded death sentence.
Meanwhile, a red alert has been issued and security has been tightened in and around the prison.
SSP Tanveer Hussain Tunio along with other district officials visited the Central Jail Sukkur on Saturday to review security arrangements.
Published in Dawn, December 21st, 2014
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Dec 21, 2014 09:24am
And they say death punishment has no effect on the criminals. When you know the time of your death days in advance it certainly makes an impact on the criminal mind and knocks in the fear not only in his mind but in the potential killer. There is great wisdom in Allah's laws of justice whoever questions death penalty is infact questioning the wisdom of Allah.
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Dec 21, 2014 09:37am
Did I just see a Pepsi logo on a central jail gate? Pepsi?!!
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Dec 21, 2014 09:42am
The dead person be identified by the victims' relatives before he is buried to avoid suspicion of foul play. If the dead prisoner is buried without outside independent identification and videotaping then its smells something wrong. We have lost confidence on our government officials - sorry state of affairs.
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Dec 21, 2014 10:18am
Please tell us more about this one, How much money was involved?
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Dec 21, 2014 10:53am
@Ajay Vikram Singh
In Pakistan everyone wants to be sponsored by these companies to save their costs :P
Like the jails, pepsi mustve agreed to give them a signage but with branding and ppl running chai dhaba also ask these same companies to get their shops painted but with huge branding.
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Dec 21, 2014 10:57am
@wizarat Do you think the prisoner has been spirited away? How interesting! If that is the case, it would be beyond shameful.
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Dec 21, 2014 11:17am
What do you accept from these Cowards,
He should still be hanged.
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Dec 21, 2014 11:52am
this police station even does not have money to buy a display board for their gate. this could be due to high corruption ( the board money has been misappropriated ) or poverty
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Dec 21, 2014 01:08pm
@Ajay Vikram Singh
Shame on these fmcg companies who would go to any length to have their brands plastered across every imaginable space.
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Dec 21, 2014 01:32pm
Why don't more terrorists do this? Thier contribution would be appreciated!
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Dec 21, 2014 02:09pm
@Ajay Vikram Singh : hahahahahahahahahahaha, that's for the Police.
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Dec 21, 2014 03:20pm
Signs of corruption at high level.
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Dec 21, 2014 03:26pm
Sukkur Prison- Sponsored by Pepsi. 'live Life to the Max!'
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Dec 21, 2014 03:27pm
@Ajay Vikram Singh
Now you should look carefully photographs of mortuaries and graveyards.
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Dec 21, 2014 03:30pm
@umair getting a Pepsi logo on the jail to cut costs is a good idea man! There's nothing working in advertising something on a prison. I really liked the idea. India should give it a thought....these prisoners are a liability on the society anyway, might as well make a few rupees out of them
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Dec 21, 2014 03:39pm
his blood pressure didn't cause any trouble while killing people
I thought he wanted to get killed to go to heaven
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Dec 21, 2014 04:12pm
Under the "Central Jail Sukkur" it says "Dar-ul-Islah" or House of Correction or simply Correctional Facility, however it is broken. Maybe they wanna correct their board before trying to correct the people.
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Dec 21, 2014 04:13pm
@Ajay Vikram Singh "Did I just see a Pepsi logo on a central jail gate? Pepsi?!!"
When the police department doesn't have money to pay from own pocket, they tend to find sponsors. Some years ago in Islamabad a similar sponsored police check-post had the signposting:
'Islamabad Police - Hang Ten'
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Dec 21, 2014 04:17pm
Was this a terrorist or some other convict?
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Dec 21, 2014 04:28pm
@zohaib And it will be a great deterrent for the terrorists.
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Dec 21, 2014 04:40pm
It seems RAW has increased their agents, covering Pakistani press. You would find sarcastic, stupid, inflammatory, out of place comments on each and every news item, they start their shift really early. Obviously they use different names and identities, but they are recognizable. Best policy is to ignore their spiteful attack and keep on with your positive comments and efforts.
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Dec 21, 2014 06:54pm
@wizarat, Money to do what?
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Dec 21, 2014 08:46pm
@Tariq Masud Lol,your conspiracy theory still continues !
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Dec 21, 2014 09:08pm
@Ajay Vikram Singh yes its true and its so funny hilarious
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Dec 21, 2014 11:22pm
Such terrorists do not have hearts, he must have died of shame
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Dec 22, 2014 04:47am
Authenticity of his death should verified by 3 different parties
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Dec 22, 2014 06:10am
@Ajay Vikram Singh Government offices including the police are allowed in Pakistan to generate additional revenue by permitting advertizing.
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