Former worker of Altaf Hussain's MQM party executed for target killings

KARACHI: Pakistan's former MQM worker Saulat Mirza, whose execution was postponed twice, was hanged today in the notorious Machh jail in Balochistan province.

Mirza's body was shifted from Machh Jail to the Edhi morgue in Quetta. Eighteen family members accompanied his body from Machh to Quetta, the Dawn reported.

His body will be flown to Karachi later today.

Mirza was to be hanged earlier on March 19, but his execution was postponed twice on orders of the President as a joint investigation team had decided to question him after he made serious allegations against MQM chief Altaf Hussain and other senior members of being involved in the killings.

A video of his confessional statement was aired by TV channels hours before he was due to be hanged in March.

In the video from jail, Mirza had accused Muttahida Qaumi Movement chief and other senior members of ordering murders.

Mirza had been on the death sentence since 1999 for the killings of then Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) Chief Shahid Hamid, his guard and driver in 1998.

The former MQM worker, who rose quickly in the ranks of the party, was later disowned by the MQM chief.