MQM's Saulat Mirza is set to be executed on Mar. 19th - Postponed [UPDATED]

[Decent_6Chora]

Re: MQM’s Saulat Mirza is set to be executed on Mar. 19th - Postponed [UPDATED]

@Decent_6Chora

Legally speaking NO unless he can provide credible evidence but hey its Pakistan. You never know if someone still want to use Altaf Bhai or not. Altaf bhai’s fate depends on that. Even look at the case by Rangers, that will not stand in court for more than couple of proceedings. Altaf bhai’s lawyer can easily debate that he meant “k yee loog retire ho jaeen gai”

This is a stupid case just to pressurize Altaf bhai. I am sure they could have registered more solid and tight cases if they wanted.

@Jolie

Errr no!

All he needs to do is to repeat his confession in front of the Magistrate, and only then his confession will hold any legal weight. His confession itself is a piece of evidence! Hence the decision to postpone his execution in order to make the most of his confession in legal terms.

The onus is not on him to provide any ‘credible evidence’. He’s just confessing and giving as much information as he possibly can about some of serious crimes he had committed along with the help of others. It is part of police, prosecution and other investigating agencies to utilise his confession to help find credible evidence against Altaf Hussain, and present it in front of the court. This is how the legal system works!

I think most people are quite ignorant about the fact how seriously inclusive confessions/witness statements/testimonies are taken in the real court rooms. They may not be the sole criteria to prosecute anyone, but they are still an integral part of police investigation and prosecution.

@Decent_6Chora

Confession are limited to your acts when you are confessing about someone else ordering it, you need evidence and/or witnesses. These confessions can never be the sole criteria to put anyone to serious trial.

I have seen many confessions thrown out of the court by courts.

@Jolie

Nope. You said his confession holds no legal weight which is totally incorrect. If he repeats his confession in front of the Magistrate, his confession will become legally acceptable and relevant, and would be used by the Prosecution. This is a fact! After that whether his confession alone is enough to prosecute Altaf Hussain or not is a completely different matter. So let’s not jump the gun.

However, you are correct and in agreement with me on one thing. I said in my last post that confessions are not the sole criteria to prosecute anyone if the police finds no evidence to support the confession in question. Remember it is the job of police and the law enforcement agencies to use confession as gateway to launch complex investigation in order find more evidence, and present it to the court. It is not the job of the victim or a prisoner who had been in jail for years! These people can only give useful information.

I can give you hundreds of cases due to the nature of the confession alone, police had launched massive and absolutely thorough investigations on the basis of essential intelligence and highly sensitive inside information provided by the whistle-blowers. This is how legal system works!

I can tell you that solely on the basis of Salaut Mirza’s confession, Police can actually justify getting a search warrant againt all those high profile names he would mention! Considering how seriously these things are taken in the legal world, I find it ridiculous to see people being fashionably or habitually cynical by discrediting and dismissing such serious aspect of legal investigation by spreading false information.

From 5:15 to 8:30 coming from top level judge