Saulat Mirza has been executed in Machh Jail today (Tuesday).
Saulat Mirza was sentenced to death by an anti-terrorism court on May 24, 1999, for killing the then MD Karachi Electric Supply Corporation, Shahid Hamid, and his driver and a guard on July 5, 1997, in Karachi.
He was arrested on December 10, 1998, from the Karachi Airport on his return from Bangkok.
He was to be executed in March, but his hanging was put off at the eleventh hour after Mirza’s video confession emerged.
Read: Saulat Mirza tells truth before execution
In his confession, he admitted that he had killed Shahid Hamid on the order of MQM leader Babar Ghouri who had direct order from Altaf Hussain. He alleged that MQM leader Azeem Tariq was also polished away on the party boss’ directives.
