LAHORE: As many as 8 death convicts have been hanged in Multan, Bahawalpur, Gujarat and Attock jails at Punjab.

2 death row prisoners were executed in New Central Jail Multan in the wee hours today.

Muhammad Shafi was hanged for killing an individual named Aslam during a robbery incident in 1992. The second death convict, Akram, was sent to the gallows for murdering one individual Majid over a land dispute.

3 condemned prisoners were executed in New central jail Bahawalpur. Ghulam Qadir and Ghulam Sarwar were sent to the gallows for killing two persons including a woman in 2002. Death row prisoner Thanidar alias Thindo was hanged for murdering two persons including his wife and father in law in 2001.

2 death convicts were executed in district jail Gujarat for killing one relative over a petty dispute in 1999.

One death row prisoner Muhammad Ashraf was hanged in district jail Attock for killing two persons including father and a son in 2003.