Pakistan has carried out its first execution in four years, sparking criticism from human rights activists, Pakistan’s Dawn News reported. Jail official Abdullah Khan Niazi said the authorities hanged Mohammed Hussain early on Thursday morning in Mianwali city in central Punjab province. Hussain was an army soldier who was sentenced to death in 2009 for murdering one of his colleagues. It was the first execution since the current government came to power in 2008. President Asif Ali Zardari placed an unofficial moratorium on executions after he was elected.