Pak Govt defers execution of former MQM activist by 30 days
March 31, 2015  01:15
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The Pakistan government today deferred by 30 days the execution of an ex-MQM activist convicted for target killings, amid allegations by him that the murders were carried out on party chief Altaf Hussain's order. 

Former MQM activist Saulat Mirza, who has accused the party chief Altaf Hussain of ordering him to carry out target killings in Karachi, was scheduled to be hanged on April 1 at Machh jail in Baluchistan province. 

Jail superintendent Ishaq Zehri said they received an order from President Mamnoon Hussain today to delay the execution for 30 more days.

"We had made preparations to carry out the hanging on April 1, but now we have got the fresh orders and no reason has been given for staying the execution of the death row convict," Zehri said.
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