Pakistanis Want the Abolition of Death Penalty
Last Sunday, the Pakistani government requested President Pervez Musharraf to abolish the death penalty and commute all death penalties to life terms instead. President Musharraf has yet to respond to their request. Recently, Musharraf suspended the execution of the Indian national Sarbjit Singh for his involvement in the 1999 bombing that killed 14 civilians in the Pakistani province of Punjab. Masharraf commuted the execution to review the clemency appeal offered by the Indian government. Interior affairs advisor Rehman Malik said that the government forwarded the official request to the President on Saturday.