The Supreme Court yesterday stayed until July 14 a portion of the High Court verdict that acquitted 11 accused in Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master killing case.

The political parties of the country tend to not desert their rowdy activists rather they are largely depended on them, which is a major obstacle to the nurturing of a fair political culture, observed the High Court in a verdict yesterday.

The High Court yesterday confirmed the death penalty of six persons, including a central Jubo Dal leader, for killing Awami League lawmaker Ahsanullah Master, a decade after a trial court sentenced 22 people to death and six others to life term for the 2004 murder.