Man executed Taliban-style in Pak tribal area

ISLAMABAD, Dec 14: A man condemned to death for murder by an Islamic Sharia court in Pakistan’s tribal area has been publicly executed by his brother and uncle, it was reported on Monday.

The public shooting, watched by some 2,000 people took place on Sunday in the Orakzai Agency in the tribal area bordering the Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, The News daily reported.

The `Pakistani Taliban’ ordered the public execution in the North West Frontier Province and said it was a “major step” towards enforcing Sharia law in the country’s federally-administered tribal region, the report said.

Khial Ghaffar, was shot dead in Khadezo village, about 120 km south of the provincial capital of Peshawar, after being convicted by a court comprising Ulema (Muslim priests), it said.