Last-minute reprieve for prisoner.

HARIPUR -- A condemned prisoner got the reprieve a few hours before his scheduled hanging in Haripur central jail due to a settlement with complainants, official sources said here on Wednesday.

According to official record, Mohammad Humayun Khan of Shahbaz Garhi area in Mardan had gunned down his father and injured younger brother over a family dispute in 2006.

A special court awarded him capital punishment the same year before he was shifted to Haripur jail. His...

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