Islamabad: Anti-terrorism courts (ATC) in Pakistan issued death warrants on Tuesday for four prisoners, media reported. The warrants were issued for Malik Ashraf and Tahir, who were to be hanged on March 17 and 18 respectively, according to a Dawn online report. The two convicts have been imprisoned at Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Central Jail for almost a decade.

Death warrants were also issued for Sajid alias Talu and Muhammad Akhtar, who are to be executed in Faisalabad's Central Prison on March 13, according to a Geo News report. The two prisoners were awarded the death sentence in 2001 and 1999 respectively after being proven guilty of murder.