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PM requests Saulat Mirza's execution to be halted for further 30 days

A notice was sent by PM Nawaz to president to halt hanging of Mirza which had been earlier finalised for April 1

Web Desk March 27, 2015

A notice was sent by PM Nawaz to halt the hanging of Mirza which had been finalised for April 1.

ISLAMABAD: Upon request of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, hanging of death-row convict and target killer Saulat Mirza is to be delayed for a further 30 days to pave way for further investigations, Express News reported on Friday.

Read: Death warrant re-issued for Saulat Mirza

A notice was sent by Prime Minister Nawaz to President Mamnoon Hussain to halt the hanging of Mirza which had been finalised earlier for April 1.

Read: Saulat Mirza may be executed after Pakistan Day, or never

Just hours before his execution, Saulat Mirza had alleged in a supposed video confession that he killed former KESC Director Shahid Hamid on the directives of party chief Altaf Hussain.

Read: Saulat Mirza may be executed after Pakistan Day, or never

Initially on Mirza's hanging had been deferred by 90 days but it was decided later that it has been stayed for another 30 days to initiate investigations into the allegations in the video. On Tuesday, March 24, death warrants were reissued by an anti-terrorism court where it was decided that Saulat will be executed on April 1 at 5:30am in Mach Jail, Balochistan.

Read: Saulat Mirza's confessional videop carries no legal weight: MQM

COMMENTS (11)

Think over it | 9 years ago | Reply Is there any match b/w limited life of this world & unlimited happy life in hereafter. Lets follow devine guidence of the Creator & sustainer of the Universe and each and every thing which would ensure to prevail international justice & peace.

Think over it | 9 years ago | Reply Every one has to leave this world and has to account for against his doings before ALLAH. May ALLAH keep us on straight path so that we may succeed here & in hereafter.

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Khushbakht Fatima Jamal | 9 years ago | Reply Saulat Mirza is being used as a bait to neutralize Altaf Hussain, but won't this lead to more intra-party splinter groups and further problems for Karachi once MQM chief goes down?

Bobb Mack | 9 years ago | Reply Is not it interesting that those who used him as a murder weapon want him to be hanged immediately What an innocent wish !! Where is Mr Hassan Askari? Does he think Saulat Mirza should be hanged straight away? And why?.

Observer | 9 years ago | Reply NS is now a lucky person. He has already appointed persons of his choice on key positions in important regulatory bodies eg; PEMRA Now he has in his hand a good tool to overcome his political rivals. He can pick up any convict awarded death sentence from a court awaiting execution and contacting the appropriate convict through his aides to persuade him to make confessional statement as deemed suitable against his political rivals and telecasting the same on TV channels. If anyone challenges him in a court of law, at least his own skin shall have no harm.

Ibrar | 9 years ago | Reply Stay of hanging could result in further information and fear of a live witness in case the criminal & influential big fish try to discredit his revelations after his death. He remains locked up in prison, unable to cause any further crime or harm to anyone ..what will be gained in hanging him immediately.

straightshooter | 9 years ago | Reply Good for Mian Saheb that he has Mamnoon Hussain for a president. Any other man would have shown some spine over this farmaishi program.

Bewildered | 9 years ago | Reply As I said before "Mirza is merely a pawn. Killing him wouldn't win us the war. Kill the king and Generals instead.", hanging him would be akin to destroying proof against the masterminds of the crimes he had committed. Keep him alive until he repays the debts of his crimes by providing testimony in courts against his masters.

AT | 9 years ago | Reply If his statement has some value than arrest those people whose names are revealed in his statement.

Parvez | 9 years ago | Reply Politics takes precedence over justice.......when Saulat Mirza told his family not to worry he certainly knew what he was taking about...... and he's a convicted murderer.

Whiskey Khan | 9 years ago | Reply Saulat Mirza has now become a Trophy Catch for the government. He will be used as a hanging Sword over Altaf Hussain Head till he is nuterlized. And Zardari is next on line. Well I guess they asked for it.

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