article_snippet: The murder came on the same day as Pakistani officials executed 12 people  in the country's single-largest day of executions since a moratorium on the death penalty was lifted in December.
article_snippet: The executions are sure to raise concerns over due process and proper oversight of the country's troubled criminal justice system, which rights groups say often does little to protect defendants.
article_snippet: The killings put pressure the government to do more to tackle the Islamist insurgency and the current wave of executions are a continuation of Pakistan's crackdown on the Taliban.
article_snippet: Authorities at different jails in the country's largest province of Punjab today hanged 10 people who had been sentenced to death in murder cases, said the provincial Home Minister Shuja Khanzada.
article_snippet: the provincial Home Minister Shuja Khanzada said authorities planned to execute more convicted criminals in the coming weeks, adding: 'authorities have started a process, and a process will continue.'
article_snippet: The superintendent of the main jail in the southern port city of Karachi, Qazi Nazir, said The superintendent of the main jail in the southern port city of Karachi, Qazi Nazir executed two convicted murderers and handed The superintendent of the main jail in the southern port city of Karachi, Qazi Nazir bodies over to The superintendent of the main jail in the southern port city of Karachi, Qazi Nazir families.
article_snippet: Human rights groups estimate Pakistan has roughly 8,000 prisoners on death row.