KARACHI: Death row prisoner Shafqat Hussain was executed on Tuesday morning at Karachi Central Jail as Amnesty International has call it a "deeply sad day" for Pakistan.
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Monday issued fresh death warrant for the execution of condemned prisoner Shafqat Hussain ordering the jail authorities to execute him on August 4 at Karachi Central Jail, ARY News reported.
MUZAFFARABAD: Relatives of a Pakistani death row prisoner, Shafqat Hussain said Tuesday they "felt a wave of life" when his execution was halted to examine claims he was a juvenile when the crime was committed.
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani killer was granted a fourth stay of execution Tuesday, with campaigners saying his high-profile case will go to the Supreme Court over claims he was a juvenile when the murder was committed and so can not be put to death.
KARACHI: European Union (EU) on Monday requested Chief of Minister of Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah to suspend execution orders of Shafqat Hussain, who is due to be hanged tomorrow, ARY News reported.
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday rejected a plea of Shafqat Hussain’s counsel to form a committee that probe into the age of the death row convict, ARY News reported.
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) has delayed the execution of Shafqat Hussain after hearing a petition seeking determination of his age by a competent judicial forum, ARY News reports.
ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday asked federal government to submit response regarding the plea seeking judicial inquiry into the age of death row convict Shafqat Hussain, ARY News reported.
ISLAMABAD: Interior Ministry of Pakistan on Tuesday confirmed a 30-day stay of execution for death row convict Shafqat Hussain apparently condemned to death as a teenager, ARY News has learnt.
KARACHI: Shafqat Hussain, who was charged as a child with murder was dressed in a white uniform, ready for hanging, and told to write his will before the execution was postponed, his family said on Thursday.
KARACHI: President Mamnoon Hussain has postponed an execution scheduled for Thursday of a death row prisoner condemned as a teenager after appeals by human rights groups for a review of his case, officials said.
MUZAFFARABAD: The family of a man condemned to death as a teenager made an emotional appeal for mercy Friday, saying a court order for his execution next week had "shattered their hopes".
KARACHI: Pakistan has stopped the hanging of a man convicted of murder as a teenager, an official said Tuesday, following an outcry from rights groups after the country resumed executions in the wake of a Taliban massacre at an army school.