The court, headed by Justices Noorul Haq Qureshi and Athar Minallah, rejected the appeal whereby murder convict Shafqat Hussain had requested for the creation of a judicial commission to launch an investigation to determine his age at the time of offence.
Read: Reversing judgement: Verdict reserved in Shafqat Hussain's case
The IHC on Wednesday reserved its verdict on the plea which declared that the petition calling for the formation of a judicial commission to determine Hussain’s age was not maintainable.
Read: Shafqat Hussain's execution halted for 72 hours
Earlier this month, IHC issued a stay order against the execution a day before he was scheduled to be hanged.
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