Killer of three to be hanged in Hairpur jail today
Dawn
HARIPUR: A man convicted of triple murder would be hanged in Central Jail Haripur on Thursday (today), jail sources said here on Wednesday.
According to prosecution record, Saiful Islam, a resident of Akbar Abad Kalay area of Mardan, had committed triple murder and injured two others during a jirga that was called to resolve a property dispute between the rival parties. He was convicted by the court of additional district judge Mardan in 2006.
He appealed the verdict in the Peshawar High Court and later in the Supreme Court, but the verdict of capital punishment remained upheld.
Jail sources said his mercy petition was also dismissed from the office of president of Pakistan and his black warrants were issued from the home and tribal affairs department Peshawar two days ago.
The last meeting of the condemned prisoner was held with his family in the death cell on Wednesday.
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Update
He was hanged.
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