The father of a convicted terrorist, Haider Ali, who was sentenced to death row by a military court, challenged the ruling in Supreme Court on Saturday.
The convict’s father filed a petition in the apex court through Advocate Zulfiqar Bhutta. According to Section 3 of Article 184 of the Constitution, the federal government, secretary of defence, General Officer Commanding (GOC) for Malakand Division and home secretary have been made a party to the petition.
The petition states that Haider Ali was about 14 years old at the time of his arrest in 2009. On demand of military officials in Swat, the petitioner’s son was produced before military authorities and was taken into custody. He was shifted to an unknown location for investigation.
After six years, Haider’s father found out that that his son is in Central Jail Temargara in Lower Dir and filed a petition challenging his conviction after finding out that his son has been sentenced to death by military courts in Swat.
The petition further states that the convict’s father has been unable to obtain records of the case as well as the military court’s ruling in order to file a case against the judgement.
