ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday stayed the implementation on death sentence of a convict in the double murder case till March, 30.
The counsel for the convict Zulifkar Ali Khan pleaded that as per the court verdict his client was given the death penalty through firing squad, but it was being planned to execute him by hanging.
After hearing the arguments, the court ordered to stop implementation on the death sentence and adjourned the hearing till March, 30.
The convict was to be executed on March, 25.
The Anti-Terrorism Court had announced death penalty to Zulifkar Ali Khan in a double murder case in 1999.
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