Pakistani father.
Earlier, the relatives were allowed to meet the four convicts for the last time. They were medically checked by a team of doctors before execution.
The administration deployed a large number of police, army and paramilitary troops in and around the jail amid a terror threat. Traffic on the Jaranwala Road, Satiana Road and University Road remained suspended till 5pm.
The army took over the jail security, as the threat of attacks on sensitive jails across the country looms.
Before their execution, the four terrorists advised their colleagues to think while committing any ruthless and inhuman act and avoid targeting innocent children, women and unarmed people.
They were visibly frightened and seeking mercy from the jail staff for their cruel, inhuman and un-Islamic act.
Recording their last will, the convicted terrorists repented their misdeeds and crimes and advised their companions not to kill any Muslim as “a Muslim should not kill another Muslim”.
The convicts were shivering with fear and they hung their head in shame when the jail staff approached them for their last wish. They admitted that their brutal and inhuman acts had finally brought them to the gallows.
Meanwhile, the government rejected a request of the Russian Embassy to stay the execution of Akhlaq Ahmed alias Roosi.
Meanwhile, in an interview with Sputnik, Akhlaq Roosi’s father and Russian national Akhlas Akhlaq said the body of his son be buried in his own country.
“His dead body must be brought to Russia. It would be humane to let his mother and brother see his face once again,” Akhlas said.
Earlier in the day, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a statement confirming that Akhlaq was hanged along with three accomplices.
Earlier on Sunday, Akhlaq’s mother told Sputnik that her son was libeled, adding that the Pakistanis abducted him and kept him in custody on completely concocted charges.
Akhlaq was born in the Russian city of Volgograd in 1981 to a Russian mother and a Pakistani father. He was raised and educated in Russia, but decided to move to Pakistan.