We are doomed. God forbid that such a day should be shown to anyone. Find out what happens to the families of prisoners who have been sentenced to death 2021.
The death penalty is usually a punishment given under the law to a person whose crime is the death or treason of another. This punishment does not fall on a single individual but a family has to pay the ransom for this punishment.
This punishment kills an individual in an instant, but the people associated with that individual die instantly until the punishment is completed - on the one hand they are hated and ridiculed by the society and on the other hand Trying to save your loved one and forcing them to die instantly - some of the stories we will tell you today that most of us have never even tried to think about -
Sahiba Sultan, sister of death row inmate Iqbal Ranjha
Iqbal Ranjha was first jailed for killing a man while robbing a bus in Mandi Bahauddin in 1998 and was later sentenced to death - executing a minor according to the Juvenile Justice System 2000 Iqbal Ranjha could not be sentenced but in 2016 Iqbal Ranjha was sentenced to death after so many years of trial.
Iqbal's sister Sahiba Sultan said that Iqbal was her youngest brother whom she raised like her own children and she swore that she would not wear bangles until she was released from jail. - But after Iqbal's execution, his appeal took so long that his age of wearing bangles was over and his parents went underground.
Despite his poor financial situation, he worked day and night for his brother's case. Snatching a bite out of their children's mouths, she paid the lawyers' fees and went to see Iqbal regularly.
When they went to meet Iqbal, Iqbal would look at them with hope in his eyes, whether I had brought any good news and I would always smile and reassure him that everything would be fine and after meeting him, he would come out and show his helplessness. She used to cry on the bus.
After a long struggle of 22 years, when Iqbal spent the best time of his youth in jail, in 2020 Iqbal finally managed to get out of jail. Remembering this struggle, Sahiba Sultana is still alive today.
Mary, the mother of a prisoner awaiting execution
Maryam's son has been lodged in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail for the past 18 years. He has been sentenced to death for killing his friend. According to Maryam, her son had gone from Faisalabad to Okara to visit his friends. A friend of her son was injured in the shooting. All the other friends saw her and fled while Maryam's son stopped to help her. The wounded man died, but Maryam's son was charged with murder and arrested by police.
This son of Mary was the eldest of the family. After the death of his father, he was the breadwinner of the house. His arrest and execution ruined his family. He became destitute, with lawyers' expenses and other expenses breaking his back.
For 18 years she has been trying day and night to save her son, but so far she has found nothing but failure. Maryam seems to be complaining about the slowness of the judicial system.
At the same time, he says, people's attitudes have broken him. A death row inmate is not serving a sentence in prison, but his entire family is sharing the sentence with him.