Musharraf attack case: Ex-PAF technician hanged

A former Pakistan Air Force (PAF) chief technician Khalid Mehmood, who had been convicted for attempting to assassinate former president Pervez Musharraf in December 2003, was executed at the Central Jail Adiala on Friday night.

Khalid Mehmood, along with four others, were awarded the death sentence on October 3, 2005 by the Field General Court Martial under the Army Act for his involvement in an assassination attempt on Gen (Retired) Pervez Musharraf on December 14, 2003 in Rawalpindi.

He belonged to Lodhran district and was shifted to the Adiala Jail on October 27, 2010.

Strict security measures were in place for his execution. Army and Rangers personnel were deployed in and outside the Adiala jail. Besides this, aerial surveillance of the area was also carried out, the Dawn reports.

As many as 27 family members of Khalid Mehmood met him before his execution.

So far four convicts in the case: Niaz Muhammad, Karamdeen, Nawazish and Khalid Mehmood have been hanged, while another Adnan Rasheed has been on the run since an attack on Bannu jail.

This was the eighth execution since the prime minister lifted a moratorium on executions of death row prisoners in the country.