Stop Shafqat’s execution. No one should die at the gallows at the hands of the state when there are doubts about investigation and trial process. Editorial March 13, 2015.

Shafqat Hussain met his family one last time before midnight, then was hanged shortly before dawn at the jail in Karachi, reports the BBC's Shaimaa Khalil.

“I seek mercy (of my son Shafqat Hussain s/o Shahzullah, as his execution date has been fixed by the Central Jail Karachi, for 19.03.2015) in the name of Allah Almighty from your highness, and ...