Summary Death warrant against Shafqat Hussain has been issued for the fifth time.
KARACHI (Dunya News / Reuters) – An ant-terrorism court in Karachi on Monday re-issued death warrant for death row inmate Shafqat Hussain, directing the jail authorities to executed him on June 9.
Hussain was sentenced to death in 2004 for murdering a 7-year-old boy Umair in New Town area of Karachi in 2001.
Lawyers for Shafqat Hussain claimed he was just 14 in 2004, when he was burnt with cigarettes and had fingernails removed until he confessed to the killing of a child.
As per law, the death sentence cannot be used against a defendant under the age of 18 when the crime was committed.
In March, he was dressed in a white uniform ready for hanging and told to write his will before his execution was postponed while the Federal Investigation Agency looked into the question of his age.
The FIA later determined he was not a juvenile at the time of the killing and a new execution date was set. But that was also challenged.
On March 18, President Mamnoon Hussaid rejected his mercy plea.
