Statement : According to the received information, China has executed a Pakistani citizen, Mr. Zahid Hussain Shah, yesterday, September 21, 2011 in Shanghai, China, on drug smuggling charges despite the last-ditch appeal for clemency from his family and human rights groups. The BBC reported that Shah was put to death by lethal injection in Shanghai on Wednesday. The Asian Human Rights Commission, along with other rights group and world media, did all its efforts to save his life till the last moment. The AHRC repeatedly tried to persuade the government of Pakistan and President Zardari to urge the government of the People's Republic of China to commute his execution to life imprisonment. Read More...

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