The Balochistan government on Wednesday dissolved the committee formed to investigate the video recording of Saulat Mirza, a condemned prisoner currently on death row in Machh Jail.
Sources in Balochistan Home and Tribal Affairs Department confirmed that the committee was dissolved following issuance of a new death warrant by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC).
The ATC has fixed April 1 as the fresh date of execution of former Muttahida Qaumi Movement hitman Saulat Mirza. “There is no justification for the committee after issuance of fresh death warrants,” sources added.
The controversial video of Saulat Mirza, in which he claimed that he received direct orders from MQM leader Babar Ghauri to assassinate the then KESC chief Shahid Hamid, was released hours before his hanging in Machh jail on March 19.
