SUKKUR: A condemned prisoner who was to be hanged on Tuesday died of heart attack in Central Jail Sukkur on Saturday, prison officials said.

According to police, Nazim hailed from the Jacobabad district and he was a patient of blood pressure.

No details were immediately released by the authorities concerned about the case in which he was awarded death sentence.

Meanwhile, a red alert has been issued and security has been tightened in and around the prison.

SSP Tanveer Hussain Tunio along with other district officials visited the Central Jail Sukkur on Saturday to review security arrangements.

Published in Dawn, December 21st, 2014