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Pakistan to execute rape-and-murder convict on Tuesday

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IANS Islamabad

A rape convict in Pakistan, along with another prisoner convicted for a robbery, will be hanged on Tuesday morning in Multan central jail.

Preparations have been completed for the execution of Zafar Iqbal who murdered a girl after raping her in Lodharwa area in Punjab province, Duniya TV reported.

The other convict, Waqar Nazir, killed a man in 1996 in a robbery bid in Gulzaib colony of the province.

Both the criminals have been transferred to the death cell, said a jail source.

According to sources, the last meeting of the criminals with their families would be organised later on Monday.

 

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First Published: Mar 16 2015 | 2:34 PM IST

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