QUETTA:
Death row convict Saulat Mirza was hanged to death in the early hours of Tuesday at Balochistan’s Machh Jail, according to local media sources.
Mirza’s body was shifted to the Edhi morgue in Quetta. Eighteen family members accompanied his body from Machh to Quetta, authorities stated.
Mirza had been on death row for atleast 17 years. Sentenced to death in 1999, Mirza was scheduled to be executed on the 19th of March. In a turn of events, Mirza had hurled allegations at Altaf Hussain and other MQM members just a few hours before his execution, and his hanging had been stayed, sources reported.
His body is going to be flown to Karachi in the evening, according to sources.
