FAISALABAD: Two death row prisoners were hanged in the central jail here on Tuesday.

Iftikhar Ahmed had gunned down Allah Rakha, his brother Ramzan and relative Ashraf in 2001 in Model Town.

Second condemn prisoner Asif Zeb of Chak 111-NB, Sargodha, had killed his rival Ijaz Ahmed in 1998.

Published in Dawn, May 27th, 2015

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