Pakistan to Execute 500 Islamist terrorists after Taliban school attack that killed 133 Children

In revenge  to the massacre of 133 children at a school last week. the Pakistan govt has announced on Monday that it planned to execute an estimated 500 Islamist terrorists in the coming days as part of a "decisive war" against the Taliban.

Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister, has also ended the six-year moratorium on the death penalty, reinstating it for terrorism-related cases and pledged an all-out war to rid the country of the Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked groups responsible for a string of attacks on schools, churches and members of the Shia Muslim minority.
 

"There will be a decisive war against terrorists now who were responsible for attacking the Hazara town, Peshawar church and elsewhere", he said.

Earlier Nisar Ali Khan, his interior minister, confirmed that hundred of convicted terrorists will face the gallows in the next few weeks.

"Around 500 prisoners convicted on terrorism-related charges will be executed in the next two to three weeks. Interior ministry has cleared these prisoners for execution and their mercy petitions have already been rejected by the president", he said.