LHC stops execution of a condemned prisoner in Faisalabad Jail

Lahore: LHC has stopped execution of a condemned prisoner in Faisalabad Jail.

The divisional Bench headed by Mr Justice Sardar Tariq Masud was prayed by the petitioner Muhammad Faiz that his appeal against the decision of trial court was pending with the Supreme Court but the superintendent Faisalabad Jail got the black warrants from the trial court and has fixed the date of execution on 14th of January,till the appeal is decided ,superintendent could not get the black warrants.

The state lawyer confirmed that the prisoner’s appeal in the same case is pending the Apex Court,upon that the divisional bench stopped the execution and called the superintendent jail  for hearing.