LAHORE – Jail authorities on Monday issued the notification for the last meeting of Imran Ali, convicted for the rape and murder of seven-year-old Zainab, with his family.
The last meeting will be held in the jail premises on October 16 at 12 pm, a police officer said.
According to the instructions issued by prison officers, no more than 50 persons are allowed to meet the death row inmate. Those who will visit the jail to meet Imran will be required to carry their national identity cards.
Imran, who was awarded 21 death sentences in the case, will be executed on October 17 at Central Jail in Lahore.
LHC hears petition on public hanging
A two-member bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) comprising Justice Sardar Shamim Ahmed and Justice Shehbaz Rizvi on Monday heard the appeal of Amin Ansari, father of seven-year-old Zainab, demanding public hanging of convict Imran Ali.
“The convict is a serial killer and will be hanged day after tomorrow [Wednesday],” Advocate Ishtiaq Chaudhry told the court.
The bench issued a notification to Punjab home secretary to appear in court on Tuesday.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/zainabs-father-petitions-lhc-for-imran-alis-public-execution/
In a written petition on Saturday, Ansari had demanded public hanging of convict Imran Ali, stating that the Anti-Terrorism Act’s (ATA) Clause 22 allowed the government to hang a convict in public.
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The seven-year-old Zainab was kidnapped from near her aunt’s house in Kasur on January 4 and was found dead in a garbage heap five days later, stirring a storm in socio-political corridors of the country amid rising calls that there should be a public execution.
On January 23, the authorities claimed to have nabbed Imran, a serial killer involved in other such crimes, through a DNA match.
On February 17, the anti-terrorism court (ATC) hearing the high-profile case sentenced Imran to death four times.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/zainab-murder-case-atc-orders-to-execute-convict-imran-on-oct-17/
The seven-year-old Zainab was kidnapped from near her aunt’s house in Kasur on January 4 and was found dead in a garbage heap five days later, stirring a storm in socio-political corridors of the country amid rising calls that there should be a public execution.
On January 23, the authorities claimed to have nabbed Imran, a serial killer involved in other such crimes, through a DNA match.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/justiceforzainab-atc-to-announce-verdict-in-kasur-rape-murder-case-today/
On February 17, the anti-terrorism court (ATC) hearing the high-profile case sentenced Imran to death four times.
