MULTAN: Two convicted terrorists will be hanged at the New Central Jail here on Wednesday.

Prison officials have received the death warrants issued by anti-terrorism courts after mercy petitions of Ahmed Ali and Ghulam Shabir alias Fauji alias doctor a had been rejected by the president.

The convicts belong to banned organisations.

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Ahmed Ali had killed three men – Altaf Hussain, Mohammad Nasir and Mohammad Fiaz – and injured Mohammad Pervez and Mohammad Siddique on the Railway Road in 1998.

Ghulam Shabbir had killed DSP Anwar Khan and his driver Ghulam Murtaza on the Bohar Gate Road on Aug 4, 2000. He was also reported to be involved in sectarian violence.

He was sentenced to death by a special anti-terrorism court on June 21, 2002, which was later upheld by the Supreme Court.

New Central Jail’s Deputy Superintendent Malik Liaqat told Dawn that the convicts would be hanged at 6am on Wednesday. He said the executioner would come from Lahore on Tuesday and arrangements would be made for their meetings with families the same day.

Published in Dawn, January 6th, 2015

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