Summary The court has ordered to execute Mirza at 5:00am on April 1 in Machh Jail.
KARACHI (Web Desk) – An anti-terrorism court in Karachi has re-issued black warrant for death row convict Saulat Mirza today (Tuesday), Dunya News reported.
The court has ordered to execute Mirza at 5:00am on April 1, 2015.
The administration of Machh central jail had sent a letter to the court, seeking fresh death warrant of Saulat Mirza.
He was handed death penalty in a case pertaining to killing of managing director of then named Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Shahid Hamid, his driver and guard in 1997.
Earlier, the convict was scheduled to be hanged on March 19 at 5:30am, but his hanging was postponed at eleventh hour following a presidential order.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar informed the National Assembly that Mirza’s execution was postponed due to his health condition.
SAULAT MIRZA`S ALLEGATIONS
In a video message from death cell on April 18, the convict alleged that he killed former KESC Director Shahid Hamid on the directives of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain.
Mirza alleged that he received the order to kill him from Altaf Hussain at MQM leader Babar Ghauri’s residence through telephone.
He further alleged that people whom the party wanted to save from police torture are provided protection by Sindh Governor Ishratul Ebad.
In response, the MQM Coordination Committee denied all the allegations.
