The psychopath, Maulvi Muhammad Sarwar, who shocked the country in 2007 by killing sitting provincial minister for social welfare Zille Huma Usman, died of tuberculosis at Kot Lakhpat Jail Lahore on Friday.
He had been awarded death sentence on two counts by a court in Gujranwala within 22 days of the incident, but it could not be implemented due to judicial hindrances as well as stoppage of hanging by the federal government.
Maulvi Muhammad Sarwar was diagnosed with TB a couple of years ago in Kot Lakhpat Jail, but he could not be treated properly inside the prison.
Sarwar gunned down provincial minister Zille Huma Usman on February 20, 2007 when she was about to chair an open court at the PML House Gujranwala. Earlier, he got nationwide exposure in the 1990s when Gujranwala Police, after months of hectic efforts, arrested him following the continuous killings of six call girls and injuring score of women with alleged dubious character. After killing eight women, Sarwar was released from jail after a couple of years as most of the cases were either registered by police or had no complainants from the deceased women’s families.
