KARACHI: A European Union (EU) delegation after meeting Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah asked the CM to defer death row convict Shafqat Mehmood’s execution.
The five member EU delegation in their meeting with the CM maintained that Shafqat Hussain has no terrorism charge upon him, local media reported.
Shafqat Hussain’s execution is scheduled for 9 June 2015.
The EU delegation said that they will send the request in written.
Hussain was first due to be executed in March 2015, but the execution was stayed while the authorities conducted an inquiry into his age at the time of the crime.
An executive inquiry by the Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) also concluded that Hussain was actually 23 at the time of his arrest.
