Death-row
prisoner Saulat Mirza was executed at Machh jail on Tuesday at 4:30 AM for the
murder of former KESC managing director Shahid Hamid, his driver and guard in
1997.
His
body has been shifted from the jail in an ambulance to an Edhi cold storage in
Quetta.
A
Pakistan International Airline (PIA) flight will bring his body to Karachi in
the afternoon.
Earlier on tuesday, all arrangements in this connection were firmed up while, according to
jail officials, the security was further tightened around the jail and nakas
were erected at all the inlets to the town.Judicial
magistrate Mach Hidayatullah supervised the hanging.On
Monday, death row prisoner Saulat Mirza met his family for the last time, a day
before his scheduled execution.
Saulat's
brothers, sisters and nieces and nephews were among the relatives who arrived
at the Machh jail on Monday to meet the triple-murder convict.According
to prison sources, between 25 to 30 relatives met Saulat in groups of six in a
room at the jail.
Years
after the assassination, the murder case of the KESC MD drew media attention
once again when his confessed killer Saulat Mirza, a former MQM worker, made
startling disclosures in a video released hours before his scheduled execution
in March.
His
hanging was postponed multiple times since television channels aired his video
statement, in which he claimed he was ordered by MQM chief Altaf Hussain to
kill the KESC MD.
The
MQM denies any involvement to the killing.
The
wife of the condemned prisoner, Nighat Malik, had appealed to defer the
execution of her husband for 2-3 months, maintaining that he is a key witness
and his execution would lead to evidence being buried with him.
But
last week, the Sindh High Court (SHC) dismissed a petition seeking to defer
Saulat’s execution and reopening the murder case of MD KESC Shahid Hamid.
An
Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi had earlier this month issued new death
warrant for Saulat Mirza’s execution at the Machh Jail on May 12 (Tuesday).
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