Pakistan Executes 4 Militants After School Attack

Pakistan has executed four more Islamist militants since lifting a six-year moratorium on executions following a Taliban attack on a school that left nearly 150 people dead. The four convicted prisoners were hanged Sunday at a prison in the eastern city of Faisalabad for their role in a plot to assassinate former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in 2003. The four militants were identified as Ghulam Sarwar, Rashid Tipu, Zubair Ahmed and Akhlaq Ahmed, a Russian national. Two...

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