Summary Shafqat's defense councils backed by NGOs had resorted to a hail mary pass to halt execution
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Wednesday confirmed Dunya News’ investigative report that Shafqat Hussain, convicted for murder of seven-year-old boy, was twenty three year old and not twelve at the time of arrest, essentially debunking propaganda by some NGOs that claimed Shafqat was a minor.
The FIA team had arrived in Karachi a few days back to scrutinize the controversial record surrounding Shafqat’s age controversy and has now concluded that Shafqat was in fact twenty three at the time of arrest. Satisfied with the record of the police and jail, the FIA officials have reached back in Islamabad and the report is due to be presented to the Ministry of Interior in 48 hours.
To support the fabrication surrounding his age, Shafqat’s family had produced a birth certificate document obtained by submitting just an affidavit that proclaims of Shafqat’s boyhood at the time of arrest. The affidavit claimed Shafqat was born in 1991.
Keeping up with its tradition of fastest reporting, Dunya News was the first to uncover the facts surrounding the much controversial case that had become the mouthpiece of some NGO mafia in order to malign Pakistan’s criminal justice system.
Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar had also echoed findings of Dunya News’ report in the National Assembly when he questioned why was the issue of his age never brought up during the process of convict’s trial and appeals.
