Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif lifts moratorium on death penalty after gruesome Taliban attack
Peshawar: The Pakistani prime minister lifted a moratorium on the death penalty on Wednesday, a day after Taliban gunmen attacked a school, killing 132 students and nine teachers, a government spokesman said.
Mohiuddin Wani said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had approved the decision of a ministerial committee to life the moratorium.
"It was decided that this moratorium should be lifted. The prime minister approved," he said.
Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, Sharif said that the country will not forget the brutality of the ghastly attack and the sacrifice of the students wouldn’t go in vain.
A shocked Pakistan on Wednesday began observing three days of national mourning for the 141 people, mostly children, massacred by the Taliban suicide attackers in horrendous terror attack in northwestern city of Peshawar.
All educational institutions were closed in the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, of which Peshawar is the capital, in the aftermath of the tragedy that has shaken the world.
The national flag was flying at half-mast due to three days of mourning announced by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
We condemn the cowardly act by the terrorists: Nawaz Sharif (Prime Minister of Pakistan) on #PeshawarAttack
— ANI (@ANI_news) December 17, 2014People from all walks of life united to condemn the attack, as politicians joined hands to stand up against terror.
Sharif yesterday said the act of terror would not dent the resolve to commitment of his government to eliminate all terrorists.
He vowed to take revenge of every drop of blood spilled by the rebels.
Our prayers are with the family and loved ones of the ones who lost their lives: Nawaz Sharif on #PeshawarAttack
— ANI (@ANI_news) December 17, 2014