Pakistan to hang ‘teen killer’ shortly

Islamabad: Pakistani authorities are set to hang a man who says he was 15 when he was arrested for a murder he claims he did not commit, lawyers said on Saturday, in the latest case to shine a spotlight on Pakistan’s crumbling criminal justice system.

Ansar Iqbal says he was 15 when he and a friend were arrested 16 years ago for the murder of neighbour. Iqbal says police framed him because he was poor by planting two guns at his house.

Pak law forbids the execution of juveniles, but the country’s courts have refused to examine Iqbal’s school records and birth certificate because they said they were submitted too late.