Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif on Monday approved the death sentences of nine hardcore terrorists involved in various terrorist activities, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has announced.
In a twitter message, ISPR Director General Major General Asim Bajwa said that the convicted terrorists were involved in the killing of civilians and security personnel.
“The condemned terrorists were involved in the killing of Major General Sanaullah Niazi, General Officer Commanding for Malakand division, and Lt Col Tauseef Ahmed during an attack on the military convoy in Swat,” he added.
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan had claimed responsibility for the attack. The police later claimed that the suspect behind the attack, Abdul Rahim alias Raees, was arrested in March this year during an operation in Barawal, near the Pak-Afghan border.
The ISPR DG said that those convicted were involved in sectarian attacks in Mastung, killing of civilians and security personnel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, suicide attack in Nowshehra and the IED attack on military convoy in Swat.
One terrorist has also been awarded life imprisonment, the ISPR DG said. Bajwa’s tweets did not disclose when the sentencing was done.
There are currently nine military courts in the country. The army chief recently agreed to increase the number of tribunals in Karachi.
