PPP calls for abolishing death penalty.

Pakistan People's Party yesterday called for abolAishing the death penalty. On the eve of 'World Day Against Death Penalty,' the PPP said until the death penalty is abolished as a result of a larger public debate on the efficacy of death penalty in deterring crime the victims be given right to proper defence and protected against torture for extracting confesAsion. President of the PPP Human Rights Cell FarAhatullah Babar said the number of crimes carrying the death penalty must be drastically decreased from the present 33 and juveniles and mentally challenged persons be spared from execution.

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