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Four executed in Pakistan for alleged illicit relations
5 Jun, 2007 l 0857 hrs IST
lAP
5 Jun, 2007 l 0857 hrs IST
lAP
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PESHWAR: Tribesmen shot four people to death in a public execution in northwestern Pakistan, after a council of elders found them guilty of adultery, an official said.
Residents seized the three men and a woman at a house in Alam Gudar, a village in the Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border on Monday, said Purdil Khan, a local government official.
The four confessed under questioning by a hastily convened council of tribal elders, who sentenced them to death, Khan said on Monday.
Tribesmen shot them in the street in front of a large crowd of residents, Khan said.
Haji Jan Gul, a local elder, confirmed that the four were executed "according to tribal tradition."
Executions for adultery are regularly reported from remote, conservative areas of Pakistan, drawing criticism from domestic and international rights groups.
Some occur in the semi-autonomous tribal belt, where the federal government has limited jurisdiction and a harsh tribal justice prevails.
However, there have also been cases further east, despite President Gen Pervez Musharraf's calls for the practice to stop.
Residents seized the three men and a woman at a house in Alam Gudar, a village in the Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border on Monday, said Purdil Khan, a local government official.
The four confessed under questioning by a hastily convened council of tribal elders, who sentenced them to death, Khan said on Monday.
Tribesmen shot them in the street in front of a large crowd of residents, Khan said.
Haji Jan Gul, a local elder, confirmed that the four were executed "according to tribal tradition."
Executions for adultery are regularly reported from remote, conservative areas of Pakistan, drawing criticism from domestic and international rights groups.
Some occur in the semi-autonomous tribal belt, where the federal government has limited jurisdiction and a harsh tribal justice prevails.
However, there have also been cases further east, despite President Gen Pervez Musharraf's calls for the practice to stop.
