The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Wednesday confirmed reports that Shafqat Hussain, convicted for murder of a seven-year-old boy, was 23-year-old and not 12 at the time of arrest, debunking the “propaganda” by some NGOs that Shafqat was a minor at the time of the incident.
The FIA team had arrived in Karachi a few days ago to scrutinise the controversial record surrounding Shafqat’s age controversy and has now concluded that he was in fact 23 at the time of arrest, a television channel reported.
Satisfied with the police record, 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 Shafqat’s boyhood at the time of arrest. The affidavit claimed Shafqat was born in 1991.
