RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa confirmed on Saturday the sanctioning of death sentences for 11 hardcore terrorists, according to a statement from Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The terrorists were involved in “heinous offenses related to terrorism, including attacks on law enforcement agencies and armed forces of Pakistan, Malakand University, and the killing of innocent civilians including Imran Khan Mohmind, a member of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Assembly,” reads the statement.
According to the military media wing, the convicts, tried by special military courts, were responsible for killing 62 people, including five citizens, 11 police officials and 46 Frontier Constabulary/armed forces personnel.
In April this year, General Bajwa sanctioned death sentences for 10 terrorists, including those responsible for the murder of qawwali singer Amjad Sabri and an attack on Pearl Continental Hotel, Peshawar. Sabri was shot dead in broad daylight in Karachi’s Liaquatabad area on June 22, 2016.
Arms and explosives were also recovered from their possession.
Army chief sanctions death sentences for 11 terrorists
Army chief sanctions death sentences for 11 terrorists
- The terrorists include qawwali singer Amjad Sabri’s killers
- Arms and explosives were also recovered from their possession
