LAHORE, July 25: A petition was moved on Monday in the Supreme Court’s Lahore Registry for abolishing death penalty in the country.

The petitioner, Barrister Zafar Ullah Khan, representing Watan Party, impleaded federation, law and justice ministry and interior ministry.

He submitted that as the criminal justice system of the country had been affected by overwhelming corruption in society, there were increased chances of innocents being declared guilty.

Referring to the Constitution, the petitioner contended that the right to life was a natural right embodied in Article 9, whereasunnatural termination of life was incompatible and inconsistent with the concept of “right to life”.

They prayed the court to abolish the death penalty as it was unconstitutional and save innocent people who were wrongfully convicted because of the corrupt system. — APP