ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday wrote a letter to President Mamnoon Hussain, urging him to reject the mercy petitions of five condemned prisoners who were convicted for their involvement in terrorism cases.

The convicts include:

• Muhammad Ikramul Haq alias Lahori alias Farooq Haider (son of Bashir Ahmed)

• Ahmed Ali alias Asif alias Shish Naag (son of Ghulam Abbas)

• Mohammad Tayyab alias Sajjad (son of Nabi Ahmed)

• Ghulam Shabbir alias Doctor alias Nasir alias Zeeshan alias Sohail (son of Bashir Ahmed)

• Zulfiqar Ali (son of Abdul Hameed)

The five prisoners hailing from Karachi and convicted for target killings had been arrested in different instances.

On Dec 17, Nawaz had approved the removal of moratorium on the death penalty after the attack on Peshawar's Army Public School which killed 148 people — including more than 132 schoolchildren.

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In the wake of the removal of the moratorium on the death penalty, seven executions have been carried out.

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The moratorium on the death penalty was imposed by former president Asif Ali Zardari during the tenure of the Pakistan Peoples Party government in 2008.