It is up to Motiur Rahman Nizami whether he will seek for mercy or not, said defence lawyer for the convicted war criminal, whose review plea against the gallows was scrapped today.

"We can't say anything about it. Our client (Nizami) will take decision on it," Khandker Mahbub Hossain, Nizami's principal lawyer said after the apex court's order.

Now, after the review against death has been dismissed, the government can initiate Nizami's execution process. The final chance that he can avail is to beg for his life to the president.