Pakistan, June 21 -- Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Thursday said Pakistan was going to revoke the capital punishment for the accused to be extradited from other countries.

"We are amending the penal code of Pakistan to revoke the capital punishment for the accused to be brought back to the country under extradition treaties with other countries", Qureshi told reporters in Islamabad.

The development came a day after British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt declared that the UK would not sign "politically-motivated" extradition treaties with any country. He was speaking during a joint press conference with his Pakistani counterpart in London.

Qureshi had assured Hunt that his country would not "misuse" any such agreement, if sign...