ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The European Union has demanded the government of Pakistan to reinstate the moratorium on death penalty and fully respect all of its international obligations.
Nearly 150 executions have been carried out across Pakistan since a six-year moratorium on executions was lifted following a dead terror attack at an army-run school in Peshawar in December last year.
Initially, executions were resumed for terrorism offences only but later the federal government completely reinstated capital punishment for all offences that entail the death penalty.
The attack believed to be the worst the country had witnessed in recent years claimed lives of more than 150 persons, mostly schoolchildren.
In a statement issued on Thursday by the EU delegation mission to Pakistan, it was stated that the union of 28 states is opposed to capital punishment in all cases and has consistently called for its universal abolition.
