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Seven including father, son executed in Punjab

LAHORE: Seven death row prisoners including a son and father were hanged in different jails in the Punjab early on Wednesday morning.As many as 11 death convicts have been hanged so far since Eidul Fitr. The seven condemned prisoners were executed in Attock, Sargodha, Gujarat, Multan and Kasur. Death row

By our correspondents
July 30, 2015
LAHORE: Seven death row prisoners including a son and father were hanged in different jails in the Punjab early on Wednesday morning.
As many as 11 death convicts have been hanged so far since Eidul Fitr. The seven condemned prisoners were executed in Attock, Sargodha, Gujarat, Multan and Kasur. Death row prisoners Usman and his son Aftab were hanged in the Attock Central Jail. Both were convicted of murdering a father and son over a property dispute in 1998.
Another prisoner, Safdar, was hanged in the Attock Central Jail for killing one man in 2003. Death row prisoner Nayer Abbas was hanged in Central Jail Multan for murdering a man in Muzaffargarh over a business dispute in 1996. Muhammad Nawaz was executed in District Jail, Sargodha, for killing Farid Ahmad in 2002.
Gulfam alias Gullu was hanged in District Jail Gujarat as he had murdered one person in Jalalpur Jattan in 2001. Tufail was executed in the Kasur District Jail for killing a father and his son.