MULTAN: A death warrant was received by Multan Central Jail authorities today for Shabbir alias "Dr" alias "Fauji" for his involvement in the murder of a policeman.

The death row convict is set to be hanged on January 7 (Wednesday).

Hailing from Southern Punjab, Shabbir had reportedly exhausted all options to appeal his case, which led to his death warrant being issued.

This would be the first hanging at the Multan jail. There are nine more death row convicts present in the jail at this time.

3 to hang in Sukkur

Sukkur Central Jail authorities received the death warrants of three inmates who were convicted for the 2001 murder of then Karachi's Director Defence, Syed Zaffar Ali Shah.

The three convicts are set to hang early morning on January 13 (next Tuesday). Arrangements have been made for the families of the three inmates to visit them one last time.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had approved the lifting of Pakistan's long-upheld moratorium on the death penalty after a Taliban attack in Peshawar killed 148 people, including more than 130 schoolchildren. A series of hangings have followed the decision, despite much global criticism. Only those death row inmates convicted on terror-related charges have been hung.

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