HINDIPAGE ONLINE

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani prime minister lifted a moratorium on the death penalty on Wednesday, a day after Taliban gunmen attacked a school, killing 132 students and nine teachers, a government spokesman said.
Mohiuddin Wani said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had approved the decision of a ministerial committee to life the moratorium.
"It was decided that this moratorium should be lifted. The prime minister approved," he said.
Addressing a press conference, Nawaz Sharif said that "nothing can be more tragic for Pakistan than the way terrorists riddled innocent children with bullets."
"We tried conducting talks with insurgents earlier, but that did not work," Nawaz Sharif said.
Nawaz Sharif also reiterated that "operation against terrorists will go on."
"Security forces have done an excellent job in destroying terrorists' hideouts," Sharif added.