PM to take final decision on Saulat Mirza's execution: officials
Convicted prisoner Saulat Mirza is due to be hanged tomorrow (May 12) morning at 4am in Mach Jail
Screengrab of Saulat Mirza's video message.
KARACHI:
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be taking the final decision on the execution of convicted prisoner Saulat Mirza, who is due to be hanged on Tuesday (tomorrow) morning.
Senior officials of the interior ministry dealing with this case said on Monday that they had not received any instructions to postpone Saulat Mirza’s hanging.
Read: SHC rejects plea seeking delay in Saulat Mirza's execution
“It is up to the PM to decide whether to extend his [Mirza’s] execution,” a senior interior ministry official told The Express Tribune.
“The latest I have on this issue is that he will be hanged at 4am tomorrow [May 12]. However, anything can happen if the agencies want to further investigate him.”
Read: Execution deferment: Saulat Mirza makes second plea
The official who preferred not to be named, added that the ministry “had not received any request from any quarter — Rangers Sindh, intelligence agencies or police — to put off Saulat’s execution.”
Authorities at Mach Jail had already finalised procedure to hang Saulat Mirza, he stated.
Read: JIT records Saulat Mirza's statement at Mach Jail
Final meeting with family
Meanwhile, Mirza’s family members who met him for the last time before his execution on May 12, while talking to Express News off-the-record said a ‘good news’ is expected in the next few hours.
“Chances are that a summary may be moved from Islamabad and the Mirza’s execution will be postponed for another 90 day," a family member said.
Last week, Sindh High Court (SHC) rejected a plea, filed by Saulat Mirza’s wife, seeking the re-opening of Shahid Hamid’s case by putting off Saulat’s execution.
Read: ‘Not entertainable’: SC rejects Saulat Mirza’s review plea
President Mamnoon Hussain has previously deferred the hanging on advice of the PM. Following this development, the interior ministry formed a joint investigation team to probe the allegations levelled by Saulat Mirza in a video statement leaked to the media days before his hanging in March.
Read: Investigating claims: JIT notified to probe Saulat Mirza allegations
Mirza had made sensational disclosures about senior leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the video.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will be taking the final decision on the execution of convicted prisoner Saulat Mirza, who is due to be hanged on Tuesday (tomorrow) morning.
Senior officials of the interior ministry dealing with this case said on Monday that they had not received any instructions to postpone Saulat Mirza’s hanging.
Read: SHC rejects plea seeking delay in Saulat Mirza's execution
“It is up to the PM to decide whether to extend his [Mirza’s] execution,” a senior interior ministry official told The Express Tribune.
“The latest I have on this issue is that he will be hanged at 4am tomorrow [May 12]. However, anything can happen if the agencies want to further investigate him.”
Read: Execution deferment: Saulat Mirza makes second plea
The official who preferred not to be named, added that the ministry “had not received any request from any quarter — Rangers Sindh, intelligence agencies or police — to put off Saulat’s execution.”
Authorities at Mach Jail had already finalised procedure to hang Saulat Mirza, he stated.
Read: JIT records Saulat Mirza's statement at Mach Jail
Final meeting with family
Meanwhile, Mirza’s family members who met him for the last time before his execution on May 12, while talking to Express News off-the-record said a ‘good news’ is expected in the next few hours.
“Chances are that a summary may be moved from Islamabad and the Mirza’s execution will be postponed for another 90 day," a family member said.
Last week, Sindh High Court (SHC) rejected a plea, filed by Saulat Mirza’s wife, seeking the re-opening of Shahid Hamid’s case by putting off Saulat’s execution.
Read: ‘Not entertainable’: SC rejects Saulat Mirza’s review plea
President Mamnoon Hussain has previously deferred the hanging on advice of the PM. Following this development, the interior ministry formed a joint investigation team to probe the allegations levelled by Saulat Mirza in a video statement leaked to the media days before his hanging in March.
Read: Investigating claims: JIT notified to probe Saulat Mirza allegations
Mirza had made sensational disclosures about senior leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) in the video.