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PARIS: France on Thursday condemned the hanging of a Pakistani soldier convicted of murder and called for the country to renew its moratorium on executions and work towards abolishing the death penalty.
“This decision constitutes a step backwards in Pakistan’s move towards greater respect for human rights,” French foreign ministry spokesman Philippe Lalliot told reporters.
Mohammad Hussain, condemned to death by a court martial in 2008 for killing a superior over a personal dispute, was hanged Thursday at Mianwali jail in the country’s first execution in four years, officials said.
Pakistan has had an unofficial moratorium on executions in recent years, with President Asif Ali Zardari regularly issuing stay orders for condemned prisoners.
Farooq Nazeer, chief of prisons in the central province of Punjab, said the hanging was not a civilian execution and the government did not intervene in military cases.
He said the last execution in Pakistan was in November 2008, soon after the end of military rule.
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Nov 15, 2012 10:14pm
France should tell this to the USA first 2012
Month State Inmate
November
8 PA Hubert Michael - Stayed
15 TX Preston Hughes
December
4 OK George Ochoa
5 AZ Richard Stokley
11 FL Manuel Pardo
11 IN Roy Ward - Stay likely
12 TX Rigoberto Avila - Changed to 4/10/2013
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Nov 15, 2012 01:05pm
France should tell this to the Tallibans first.
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Nov 15, 2012 10:39pm
...or the Americans....
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Nov 15, 2012 02:26pm
Pakistan government should have intervened to save the life. There should be moratorium on death penalty. Life is given by God and He only has right to take it back.
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Nov 15, 2012 07:04pm
France should first abandon the restriction on Scarf for muslim women instead of interfering in Pak. internal matters.
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Nov 15, 2012 02:15pm
How this is a story heading for a Pakistani news paper? Would newspapers in France put similar headings if Pakistan condemns anything that happens in France. They will just ignore Pakistan.
Pakistani news papers should think what they print. Their audience are mostly Pakistanis not Europeans.
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Nov 15, 2012 04:15pm
Did france ever condemned any execution in USA? What a hypocrite and typical European double standards!
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Nov 15, 2012 02:00pm
No France should tell its ally USA first! Its ok in Uncle Sams land but forbidden elsewhere!
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Nov 16, 2012 04:00am
I wonder why Asif Zardari is so keen on issuing stay orders for criminals to be punished.
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Nov 15, 2012 03:12pm
Taliban are forgiven and released why not this soldier given life imprisonment rather than hanging.
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Nov 15, 2012 03:04pm
They should mind their own business too.
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Nov 15, 2012 02:53pm
Every country should mind their own business. don't interfere in Pakistan's internal affairs. where was france when people are and were being hanged and given lethal injections all over the world.
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Nov 15, 2012 01:33pm
France should tell the same to Israel to stop killing defenseless people.
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Nov 17, 2012 01:24am
They are already allowed to wear what ever they want !!!
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Nov 17, 2012 01:26am
It goes both ways Zain.
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Nov 15, 2012 02:27pm
France needs to mind its own business - capital punishement is still practised (rightly or wrongly) by many countries including some States in the USA, and its a country's internal judicial matter. Nothing of international significance.
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Nov 15, 2012 03:00pm
What is their problem? Now they don't want us to punish criminals because it's 'against human rights'? Why the 'war against terrorism' then?
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Nov 15, 2012 03:01pm
......the kettle calling the pot black
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Nov 15, 2012 06:11pm
What has the Taliban got to do with this execution.
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Nov 15, 2012 04:40pm
Why should France interfere in the internal affairs of Pakistan. There is no doubt that tooth for tooth eye for eye is the best way of dealing with those who have committed the crime. But justice should not be selective - one for the military, another for the civilians - precisely the reason why justice is called blind.
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Nov 15, 2012 01:30pm
this is unique country hanged its p.m. who gave, interalia, 1973 consitution - who knows who is next..............
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Nov 15, 2012 01:29pm
France has a habit of unnecessarily interfering in other countries affairs. They want to go back to the colonial days and act as the moral police.
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Nov 15, 2012 01:26pm
france never ask united states
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Nov 15, 2012 03:39pm
Yes, Pakistan should have asked France for paying for the imprisonment costs of a murderer because Pakistan does not collect enough taxes (from its elites and businesses) to pay for such life long expenses of public funds, as if Pakistan has any available for those peacefully living in poverty.
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Nov 15, 2012 02:36pm
France is right, it is time to end such acts.
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Nov 15, 2012 03:41pm
They should mind their own business instead of interfering others.
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Nov 15, 2012 03:42pm
Human rights also calls for respect for other religions. human rights also calls for freedom to wear anything(Hijab). human rights also calls for tolrence for other faiths and their way of life. I don't find that in FRANCE. All i can find is FRANCE love for nudity, homosexuality, anti-Islam policies, support for murderers who them selves do not respect other human lives.
i hope this trend of executions inccreases to include talibans, murderers and kidnappers
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Nov 15, 2012 05:05pm
v true. n they should teach us the human rights. a killer of innocent should be hanged,, in all circumstances
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Nov 16, 2012 10:59am
LOL by that logic Muslim countries should allow foreigners to wear western clothes in their countries.
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Nov 16, 2012 06:40pm
all of u not understand the France comment
by lakshmanan india
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Nov 16, 2012 01:06am
France the most anti muslim nation should try and treat their 6 million muslims as equal first before giving lectures to others. Also they should take up the capital punisment case with US first, I doubt they would. They are known as cowards in europe after how they capitulated in world war 2.
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Nov 16, 2012 05:11am
no actually France should tell this to USA first
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Nov 16, 2012 01:02pm
Treat minorites with respect than talk of a Country like France.
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Nov 16, 2012 10:37am
"respect for other religions. human rights also calls for freedom to wear anything(Hijab). human rights also calls for tolerance for other faiths and their way of life."
really..... and where do you live ?
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