MULTAN: Hafiz Shafiqur Rehman of the banned Sipah-e-Sahaba was hanged on Wednesday in the Multan Central Jail. It is the fourth time that a culprit involved in sectarian killings was hanged in the country. Rehman had killed Syed Ejaz Shah, the Tehrik-e-Jafria Bhakkar president. Twelve members of Rehman’s family, including his brother Atiqur Rehman, received the body. Earlier, Shieikh Shahzad of the banned Sipah-e-Muhammad was hanged after court found him involved in a murder of a Sipah-e-Sahaba activist in Bahawalpur. Mahram Ali, who was involved in a bomb blast that left Ziaur Rehman Farooqi and over a dozen policemen dead, was hanged. Haq Nawaz of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was the third to be hanged. Nawaz had killed Sadiq Ganji, head of an Iranian cultural center. Rehman joined the Sipah-e-Sahaba in 1988, and then switched over to ultra-terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in 1995. Reportedly, he went to Afghanistan with a group of “preachers” (Tableeghi Jamaat) and fought the Russians alongside Taliban. He also got admission to Burawala Degree College but turned out to be a dropout. ‘Don’t show my face and follow my footsteps’: A total 83 people, including 13 children, met Rehman on Tuesday. His brother Atiqur Rehman and nephew Habibur Rehman told Daily Time that Shafiq asked them not to show his face to other family members. They said that Rehman had asked them not to meet those who would mourn his death and show rejoice over his death. They said that he told them that “he had done the right job”. Rehman advised his brother to follow his path too. He advised his brother to set up a seminary after his name in Vehari. He also advised people to “always be ready to sacrifice themselves for Islam”.