Executions halted during Ramadan ISLAMABAD: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked authorities to temporarily suspend the implemen of the death penalty during the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. A statement released by Mr Sharif's office late on Thursday says the prime minister ordered a pause to observe "the sanctity of the holy month" which began in most parts of Pakistan yesterday. Mr Sharif partially lifted Pakistan's moratorium on execu- tions in December specifically for terrorism-related cases following the Taliban attack on a school in the city of Peshawar that left 150 people dead. He later lifted it entirely and since then about 150 prison inmates have been hanged in Pakistan