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| Plea against Saulat Mirza's death warrant disposed of |
| 2015-03-15 |
| [DAWN] The Sindh High Court on Friday disposed of a petition seeking suspension of a death warrant for Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... worker Saulat Ali Khan, better known as Saulat Mirza, after the petitioner's counsel withdrew it. Mirza's sister, Sumera Wajahat, had petitioned the SHC against the issuance of a black warrant on the ground that an appeal against her brother's conviction was still pending disposal before the Supreme Court, hence he could not be executed. While issuing the black warrant for the convict, an antiterrorism court had fixed March 19 for the hanging of the MQM activist, who was condemned to death by an ATC on May 24, 1999 for killing the then managing director of the Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... Electric Supply Corporation, his driver and his guard on July 5, 1997 in Defence Housing Authority. The petitioner's counsel submitted that a criminal miscellaneous application regarding the death sentence of convict Mirza was pending disposal in the apex court and the ATC could not issue a black warrant for his execution till the disposal of the application. A two-judge bench comprising Justices Abdur Rasool Memon and Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro observed that the apex court might be approached if the matter was pending disposal there. Later, the bench disposed of the petition when the petitioner's counsel withdrew it. |
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