Tag: death sentence

Islamabad : Pakistan early on Wednesday hanged a man convicted for the rape and murder of six-year-old Zainab Ansari in January. Imran Ali, who was arrested after her body was found in a garbage dump, was executed in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat prison, police said. Zainab's father and other relatives were present. Zainab's father, Amin Ansari told the BBC after the execution that he was "satisfied". "I have seen his awe-inspiring end with my own eyes. They dropped him on the gallows, and let his body hang for half an hour," he told...