1. Attock Accountability Court’s 21-year disqualification on Nawaz not covered by Musharraf pardon
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...ountability court had imposed on him. Article 45 says that the President shall have powers to grant pardon, reprieve and respite, and to remit, suspend or commute any sentence passed by any court, tri...

2. Fate plays games with condemned men
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...t of the Rs1 million settlement. Convict Amanat Ali, had killed Noor Ahmed in November 1995, got a 15-day reprieve from the President to allow their two families to try the same. However, convicts...

3. Without a trace
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...s a ruse. At 4am on the morning of the "execution", having refused to admit his guilt, a dramatic reprieve was announced. Shortly afterwards, he underwent a lie detector test and on August 1...