FAISALABAD, May 18: Two condemned prisoners were hanged in the district jail here on Thursday morning. Muzaffar Iqbal had gunned down his father-in-law, Ghulam Rasool, in Jaranwala tehsil courts over a family dispute in June, 2000, while Asghar Ali had killed a man during a dacoity attempt in D-Type Colony in 1992. They were awarded capital punishment which was upheld by all superior courts.

They had also file mercy petitions before the president, but the same were rejected and they were hanged on Thursday.