ISLAMABAD/JAKARTA: Indonesia has halted the execution of Pakistani drug convict Zulfiqar Ali, Pakistan's ambassador in Jakarta confirmed on Thursday, hours before the Lahore resident was set to face a firing squad.
Zulfiqar Ali, 52, was transferred Monday to Nusakambangan prison island off Java where executions take place, and Indonesian authorities had told Pakistani officials his execution was imminent.
But, speaking to Geo News from Jakarta, Pakistani ambassador to Indonesia M. Aqil Nadeem said Indonesian authorities had halted the execution of the Pakistani citizen.
Rights groups including Amnesty International had expressed serious concerns about Ali's conviction, alleging it arose out of beatings and torture and he did not have a fair trial.
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