INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Terminally-ill Pakistani death row prisoner in Indonesia diesTerminally-ill Pakistani death row prisoner in
Indonesia, Zulfiqar Ali has passed away, revealed in a statement by Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) on Thursday.As per reports by the JPP,
liver cancer, which had been diagnosed in 2017."Zulfiqar, 54, died from liver cancer which he had been diagnosed with in Dec 2017
He leaves behind 5 children and his wife, Siti
The JPP had filed an urgent appeal, soon after he was admitted in the ICU, indicating that Zulfiqar had only hours to live
admission back into the country and presently, the family of the deceased is in coordination with the Pakistan Embassy in Jakarta to bring
back his body to Pakistan.The 54-year-old who had been diagnosed with terminal cancer during his period of detainment had spent nearly 14
years behind bars, after he was wrongfully arrested in November 2004 when his flat mate was found with 300 grams of heroin in Jakarta, where
Zulfiqar had not been present in at that time.
