article_snippet: One of the most closely watched execution cases is that of Shafqat Hussain, who family members say was 14 when A man was sentenced to death by a court in Karachi for the murder of a seven-year-old boy.
article_snippet: Hussain's family proclaims Hussain innocence and Justice Project Pakistan, the legal group handling Hussain case, says Hussain was tortured into making a false confession.
article_snippet: It's just a sham, there was no inquiry conducted at all,' said Shahab Siddiqui from Justice Project Pakistan, the legal aid group representing Hussain.
article_snippet: This morning Interior Minister Chaudhry Nidar Ali Khan told the parliament that authorities were still trying to confirm whether Hussain was a juvenile when the murder of a seven-year-old boy happened.
article_snippet: Hussain is scheduled to be hanged on Thursday.
article_snippet: Human rights groups say convictions in Pakistan are highly unreliable because Pakistan antiquated criminal justice system barely functions, torture is common and police are mostly untrained .
article_snippet: Human rights groups say convictions in Pakistan are highly unreliable because its antiquated criminal justice system barely functions, torture is common and police are mostly untrained.