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Saulat Mirza ( born Saulat Ali Khan; 1971〔–12 May 2015), was a Pakistani convicted murderer, target killer, and a former political activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). In 1997, he was convicted for a triple murder and was awarded a death sentence for the targeted murder of Shahid Hamid, a bureaucrat and managing-director of KESC (now ''K-Electric''), along with his driver Ashraf Brohi, and his guard Khan Akbar, all of whom were killed in the neighborhood of Defence Housing Authority, Karachi on the 5 July 1997.〔 After arrest by the CID in 1998 and upon returning from Bangkok, Mirza was awarded death sentence by the Anti-Terrorism Court on 24 May 1999.〔 Since then, his family have filed clemency applications in two separate occasions: first in Sindh High Court in 2000 and in the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2002; all applications were rejected by the apex court. In 2013, his family submitted another application to President of Pakistan for clemency which was also rejected.〔 After a death warrant was issued on 11 March 2015, the execution was set to be carried out in in Balochistan on 19 March 2015.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Killed KESC chief on Altaf Hussain's orders, Saulat Mirza claims )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Saulat Mirza to be hanged on Thursday - PAKISTAN - geo.tv )〕 Upon hearing the execution news, his family begun pleading his case where his wife and sisters held multiple press conferences, demanding a re-investigation.〔 After releasing a confession video to multiple private news channels, where he leveled charges of murder involvement of Altaf Hussain, Mirza's execution was ultimately halted on presidential orders and an active investigatione against MQM was launched by the Pakistan government. After rejecting the second and final appeal for clemency Mirza was executed on 12 May 2015 at the supermax facility, the , Balochistan, Pakistan. ==Background== Saulat Mirza was born as Saulat Ali Khan in Karachi and grew up in the rural Malir neighborhood in Karachi, Sindh in 1971. In his interrogation process, he confirmed his Urdu-speaking background〔 and his Yousafzai Pathan ancestry;〔 his parents emigrated from what is now India to Pakistan at the time of the partition of British India.〔 His father, Wajahat Ali Khan, worked as an army civilian staff clerk in the Pakistan Army, whereas mother was a housewife.〔 After matriculating from a local school, Mirza initially enrolled for pre-medical degree but instead earned getting intermediate diploma in Commerce from Pakistan Shipowners College.〔 He eventually graduated from the BCom from the business school of Karachi University.〔 It was during this time, Mirza joined the All Pakistan Muttahidda Students Organization (APMSO), taking strong participation in student politics.〔 The APMSO is a student wing of then known for Mohajir Qaumi Movement later changed into Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). In his college years, Mirza was an avid fan of Pakistan cricket team and often played cricket as well as Table tennis. Mirza was described as young good looking and attractive person and a devoted worker of the MQM.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saulat Mirza」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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