Dawn.com, Karachi :
Seven condemned prisoners have been executed in Karachi, Sukkur, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi on Tuesday morning.
Behram Khan was condemned to death by an anti-terrorism court in June 2003, which found him guilty of killing Advocate Mohammad Ashraf in a courtroom of the Sindh High Court in April 2003.
Khan was hanged at the Karachi Central Prison. According to the prosecution, Behram and sub-inspector Pir Bux had arrived at the court to kill Advocate Qurban Ali Chauhan, who was the
attorney for an accused being tried for the killing of Behram’s maternal uncle.
The mercy petition of the convict was also turned down by the President of Pakistan.
Also read: Four hanged in Faisalabad jail
Three convicts Shahid Haneef, Muhammad Talha and Khaleel Ahmed have been hanged at Central Jail Sukkur. All the three were found guilty by an anti-terrorism court in Karachi, of killing Mr. Syed Zaffar Ali Shah, who was a director in Defence ministry, when he was killed in July 2001.
Another prisoner, convicted of killing two policemen near the US Consulate General in Karachi, Zulfikar Ali was hanged at Adiala jail in Rawalpindi.
Seven condemned prisoners have been executed in Karachi, Sukkur, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi on Tuesday morning.
Behram Khan was condemned to death by an anti-terrorism court in June 2003, which found him guilty of killing Advocate Mohammad Ashraf in a courtroom of the Sindh High Court in April 2003.
Khan was hanged at the Karachi Central Prison. According to the prosecution, Behram and sub-inspector Pir Bux had arrived at the court to kill Advocate Qurban Ali Chauhan, who was the
attorney for an accused being tried for the killing of Behram’s maternal uncle.
The mercy petition of the convict was also turned down by the President of Pakistan.
Also read: Four hanged in Faisalabad jail
Three convicts Shahid Haneef, Muhammad Talha and Khaleel Ahmed have been hanged at Central Jail Sukkur. All the three were found guilty by an anti-terrorism court in Karachi, of killing Mr. Syed Zaffar Ali Shah, who was a director in Defence ministry, when he was killed in July 2001.
Another prisoner, convicted of killing two policemen near the US Consulate General in Karachi, Zulfikar Ali was hanged at Adiala jail in Rawalpindi.
