Saulat Mirza to be executed on March 19
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KARACHI: An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) in Karachi on Wednesday issued the black warrant of deathrow prisoner Saulat Mirza. The execution of the former Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) activist is expected to place at 5:30am on March 19.
Earlier, jail authorities had submitted an application with an ATC in Karachi requesting it to issue a black warrant for the condemned prisoner.
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Sources in Balochistan Prisons Department confirmed that death warrant about the execution of Saulat Mirza has been received; following which security in and around the Jail has been tightened.
Mirza was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court in May 1999 for murdering the managing director of then named Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Shahid Hamid, his driver Ashraf Brohi and guard Khan Akbar in July 1997.
He was moved along with four high-profile prisoners to the Machh jail, Balochistan, in April 2014.
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In May last year, Mirza’s brother petitioned the high court to move him to a Karachi prison.
He argued that his brother had been shifted to the Machh jail without the orders of the competent authority or any notification.
Also read: Saulat Mirza's execution postponed
The petition had been disposed of by provincial authorities on the pretext of security reasons.
Mirza had also submitted a mercy petition before the president which was rejected after it remained pending for a long time.
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Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief Altaf Hussain said: “The mercy petition of prisoners on death row should not be rejected on political grounds and only those genuinely deserving the punishment must be hanged, which should begin with the terrorists.”
Pakistan on Tuesday lifted its moratorium on the death penalty in all capital cases, after initially restarting executions for terrorism offences in the wake of a Taliban school massacre.
Also read: Nawaz removes moratorium on death penalty
Pakistan has hanged 24 convicts since resuming executions in December after Taliban militants gunned down more than 150 people, most of them children, at Peshawar's Army Public School.
(With additional reporting by Syed Ali Shah from Quetta.)
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Mar 11, 2015 12:17pm
finally justice is serving.
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Mar 11, 2015 12:19pm
Hang the Butcher Please No more room for Mercy plea's . As they never showed any mercy on the victims.
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Mar 11, 2015 12:28pm
he should be hanged.
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Mar 11, 2015 12:28pm
Shame that this guy is still not hanged. Hopefully this time.
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Mar 11, 2015 12:29pm
Hang all those who committed crimes against humanity by killing innocent people irrespective of religion, cast and color and were sentenced to death.
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Mar 11, 2015 12:31pm
And do you know from which party he belongs to? Not surprise to us. O God save Karachi.
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Mar 11, 2015 12:32pm
very good.
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Mar 11, 2015 12:32pm
very good.
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Mar 11, 2015 12:34pm
He killed 3 people. MQM wants a mercy petition? Ummm.... yeah right
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Mar 11, 2015 12:41pm
The pace / rate of hangings is slow...too slow. Only 24 criminals / terrorists hanged in over 2 months. Why is this go slow policy ? Reportedly there are thousands of death penalty convicts waiting to be hanged and at the present / current rate of executions it will take many years to finish the job by which time there may be a new govt in place.
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Mar 11, 2015 12:58pm
Justice should be done & culprits punished accordingly. Transparency should be maintained at all cost to avoid fall out.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:02pm
Very good. After this please do not postpone the death sentence again due to mqm pressure. Mqm needs to be eliminated.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:03pm
This time, Rangers will not accept any sort of pressure from MQM.
A murderer has to be hanged
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Mar 11, 2015 01:05pm
Thanks GOD........ INSHAALLAH now peace will be possible due to these types of bold steps....
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Mar 11, 2015 01:05pm
@Awais Ali ... what about killers and looters of all Pakistan.. your current ruling and opposition leaders.. This guy is just a Mohra real players are enjoying and you will keep claping like stupids....
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Mar 11, 2015 01:08pm
Finally....... May All terrorists meet the same doom.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:08pm
Hang him in public !!!!!
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Mar 11, 2015 01:09pm
justice must be done, irrespective of political or religious affiliations.... it is a port otherwise that it took 15 years to implement the sentence
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Mar 11, 2015 01:10pm
The terrorist should be dealt like this and no mercy for the people like this.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:11pm
Law should be applicable to all without any discrimination.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:12pm
Why is he called as a terrorist. Going by the logic of Kashmir....he should be declared as a freedom fighter. Another bhagat singh to be hanged.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:13pm
?I don't understand how all of u can talk so casually about death. ending a life. Knowing how our judicial system is serious rubbish.How are u better than the taliban and isiS?Notice how the big taliban supportors are still out there and the pawns are getting hanged to SHOW that something is being done. Wish nawaz would stop visiting saudia.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:15pm
Shame on the people who in the morning were commenting that Rangers are doing wrong by Raid on MQM HQ in the morning.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:19pm
@Akram ------- We all demand Qadri Hanging ASAP---- He gave a very bad color to islam and humanity ----
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Mar 11, 2015 01:24pm
PAKISTAN ZINDABAAD, good news for Pakistanis crying for justice and bad news for political parties supporting criminals like Saulat Mirza.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:26pm
A paid target killer who killed 3 people yet an activist of a political Party? He committed murders because he was ordered to do so. Investigation should have gone further , track Saulat Miza's bosses.It is a mafia, controlled by a Wise Guy , another name for a crime boss.
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Mar 11, 2015 01:57pm
Serving justice to the people like this, and that too from MQM, will open the way to apply rule of law to all, without and fear and foe, and hopefully if it goes like this, all such rulers who have and are looting Pakistan will also punished for their crimes, nobody to be spared, including Zaradari, NS,
Well done Imran Khan, new Pakistan is in the making!
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Mar 11, 2015 01:57pm
ok , but when zaradari will get capital punishment he is a hiden murderer of so many people and when will we hear that date when Mumtaz Qadri get executed???
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Mar 11, 2015 02:05pm
@Muhammad lets execute him for a lesson not to be a Mohra.
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Mar 11, 2015 02:05pm
Pakistan going very fast to full scale disintegration
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Mar 11, 2015 02:07pm
Do n't know how old is this picture of Saulat Mirza , he looks young. Blame lies with MQM honchos who turn young men like Saulat into target killers. Target killing is ordered by the boss, ironically he is never caught.
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Mar 11, 2015 02:13pm
Target killer should be treated like a terrorist, send him to military court, swift justice and swift execution. Hope families of Shahid Hamid, MD of KEC,hid driver, his bodyguard do n't have to wait anymore for the justice.
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Mar 11, 2015 02:15pm
awesome ....... really good decision !
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Mar 11, 2015 02:16pm
he confess his crime kindly watch him on youtube for all details.the others behind him and like him.
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Mar 11, 2015 02:37pm
How can this guy be a terrorist and Qadri is not? Do anything in the name of religion in Pakistan and you can get away? That's how all the terrorists are operating from deep inside pak and disrupting lives of peace loving Indians
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Mar 11, 2015 02:39pm
If this man his a convicted murderer, he should be hanged like anyone else. What difference does it make if he belongs to a political party or not. Why should anyone have mercy on him?. Did he have any mercy for the people he killed?. He didn't only kill 3 people but also killed their families. Do we, Pakistanis, not feel any shame asking for mercy for people like him?.
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Mar 11, 2015 02:48pm
This party killed millions of Pathans and urdu speaking in Karachi. Even Hitler will be proud of this.
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Mar 11, 2015 02:48pm
Qadri Vs Minorities!
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Mar 11, 2015 02:49pm
Good decision
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Mar 11, 2015 02:52pm
Let there be no discrimination against the terrorist in beard, clean shaved, in shalwar kamees or Armani suite. They are all blood sucking parasites, feasting on our nation far too long.
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Mar 11, 2015 02:53pm
Such a great talented cricketer destroyed by MQM. They are responsible of destrying lives many other talented youngsters in Karachi. Hope this ends soon...
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Mar 11, 2015 02:54pm
@kiran 3 that you know. I am sure list is long but MQM is responsible that's why they are going pillar to post to save him. He was such a talented cricketer
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Mar 11, 2015 03:00pm
Make sure govt. hang the right person and not the proxy of Saulat Mirza.
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Mar 11, 2015 03:05pm
Brother your struggle for Muhajirs will be well remembered.
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Mar 11, 2015 03:06pm
How about Qadri, hafiz sayeed and Lakhvi?
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Mar 11, 2015 03:09pm
Hand all butchers like this one without further delay.
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Mar 11, 2015 03:57pm
Justice is not being served as the Mumtaz Qadri is being let lose and his case is now in ordinary courts as appose to ATC, even though Qadri killed the Governor and not an ordinary journalist. Corrupt police, rangers and judges are behind selective justice. What baffles me is majority of contributors support the wrong practices, its like selling your conscious.
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Mar 11, 2015 04:07pm
Alhumdulilah!
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Mar 11, 2015 04:16pm
Thanks DAWN for such a nice deep information
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Mar 11, 2015 04:18pm
@apoorva there is no muhajir but Pakistanis. Allah curses those who kill others regardless the reason.
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Mar 11, 2015 04:19pm
Heard this man speak, specially those MQM supporters who are supporting him and the hands that feed this snake.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xwopx3_saulat-mirza-of-mqm-1_news
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Mar 11, 2015 04:22pm
@Muhammad So imagine the chess board without Mohras!!!
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Mar 11, 2015 04:22pm
Shahid Hamid was a brilliant CSP officer, who had been deputed to clean up the corruption in kesc. He was threatened countless times. He was mercilessly killed as he left his house for work.
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Mar 11, 2015 04:26pm
Not only Karachi's but Pakistan's image will improve and country will prosper if TTP, BLA, Jandullah and MQM are eliminated.
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Mar 11, 2015 04:54pm
See the video and the first questions asked contain what caste are you from. That should never be asked and we don't know if this is under pressure. If it is false, then the truth will point to itself he is being executed wrngly. If it is true then the light of day will be seen. So far the government has a terrible record of the MQM having NATO weapons recovered today when in fact there were no weapons ever stole as per US Embassy reports.
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Mar 11, 2015 05:19pm
@Awais Ali Individuals like you who are willing to even permit murder as long as it is done by someone from the political party you obviously support are a big reason for the fall of Karachi into lawlessness for the past few decades.
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Mar 11, 2015 05:23pm
another useless PAKI Arab gone with the wind...
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Mar 11, 2015 05:34pm
Just wait and see. One phone call from London
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Mar 11, 2015 06:10pm
Can't believe this is all happening.
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Mar 11, 2015 06:15pm
What about murderers of Model town?
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Mar 11, 2015 06:21pm
His mercy plea was disposed off in 1999 by the then president,and by the constitution he must have been hanged within a few days of the rejection but he still survives thanks to our poor justice system.
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Mar 11, 2015 06:29pm
At last justice will be served.
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Mar 11, 2015 06:34pm
Why so late, should have been done long ago.
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Mar 11, 2015 06:35pm
@Asad USA denied but NATO just study in between lines
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Mar 11, 2015 06:50pm
leadership of our country is the cause of terrorism....!
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Mar 11, 2015 07:09pm
I have been listening to this guys name since I was a kid and use to live in Karachi. At last the justice been done and I hope that more of that will follow. These guys have made a mess of Karachi and its very scary to live in this city which use to be a very nice and peaceful place.
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Mar 11, 2015 07:19pm
There should be no exception in deliverance of honest justice. This way or that way, it should be final award.
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Mar 11, 2015 09:38pm
eventually Rangers bell the cat...we hope that rangers will muster up their courage to bring more culprits of MQM to justice..every saboteur should be given exemplary punishment so that no body could dare to harm anyone in future..Bro Rangers
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Mar 11, 2015 10:45pm
what happen to Model Town killer? Killer is wrong no matter who does it. What happen to Faisalabad killer who got caught on camara? Sure punished all those who killer other but ruling party has to start form their own dirty laundry.
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Mar 11, 2015 11:41pm
1999 and now 16 years later family finally getting justice! MQM managed to delay it for so long!
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Mar 11, 2015 11:53pm
Justice served.
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Mar 12, 2015 06:37am
Give him life sentence and spare his life, not sure if he was really guilty of these crime
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Mar 12, 2015 10:52am
@Goga Nalaik What about the people killed by rangers in karachi? Justice has to be even handed.
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Mar 12, 2015 10:54am
@sabba You spend in a police lockup in Pakistan for a night you will confess to murdering those who died before you were born.
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Mar 12, 2015 10:58am
@Shakil What about model town killers?
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Mar 12, 2015 09:39pm
@smith
Not PAK Arab, but a PAKI Turk! :)
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Mar 13, 2015 01:13pm
I am quite sad that he has served more then 16 years in jail i.e more than life imprisonment and now he will be hanged,it means he will be punished two times for one act...
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Mar 13, 2015 02:44pm
@shezzy True to some extent, but in this particular case this guy is on record for admitting the killings he had done. If there were doubt or loopholes, people would not be supporting the decision of court either.
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Mar 13, 2015 10:02pm
Well done Rangers, you are on the right track, You have done something which no one could expect, to catch the culprits protecting criminals and hoarding illegal armaments in their premises, MQM is nothing but "Mother of All Karachi Miseries" I agree with Imran Khan this party should be declared as a "Terrorist" Organization with immediate effect.
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Mar 14, 2015 01:44am
Leaving behind,sobbing wife, mother,sister,a distraught family cying for help . What did Saulat Mirza gain by selling his soul ?
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