Five convicts to be executed in Sukkur, Faisalabad today

ISLAMABAD: Five more terrorists would be executed in Sukkur and Faisalabad jails on Tuesday, media reported.
Three terrorists belonging to banned outfits and lodged in central jail Sukkur in Sindh province and two convicts in district jail Faisalabad in Punjab province will be hanged on Tuesday.The three terrorists in Sukkur jail - Muhammad Shahid Haneef, Muhammad Talha and Khalil Ahmed - were involved in the murder of defence ministry director Zafar Hussain Shah in the vicinity of Gulbahar jail in Karachi in 2001.
All the three would be hanged at 6.30 am on Tuesday, said jail authorities.The two other terrorists - Nawazish Ali and Mushtaq Ahmed - convicted of orchestrating the murder attempt on former military ruler Pervez Musharraf will also be hanged at Faisalabad District Jail on Tuesday morning.
According to reports, the jail administration has received death warrants of both prisoners who were handed death penalties by a military court.Both convicts belonged to a banned organisation.Ten terrorists have been executed since the moratorium on the death penalty was lifted last month.