Mirza Tahir Hussain is scheduled to be executed on or around 1 October. He had previously been due to be hanged on 3 August. He was sentenced to death for the murder of Jamshid Khan. Under Islamic provisions of the Pakistan Penal Code relating to murder, family members of a murder victim have the right waive the punishment and accept blood money as compensation. Jamshid Khan’s family continue to call for Mirza Tahir Hussain’s execution.
