Pakistan attains record for highest number of state executions in a day

Q.  In which country 17 prisoners were hanged in various jails on 21st Apr’15 - that became the highest number of executions in the country?
- Published on 04 Apr 15

a. Afghanistan
b. Pakistan
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Egypt

ANSWER: Pakistan
 
Initially executions were limited to terrorism offences but on March 10 the government decided to implement death penalty in all cases following the Peshawar school massacre on December 17 last year.

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