Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif has confirmed death sentence of five terrorists that were involved in the Safoora incident, according to a private TV channel.
The terrorists were also involved in the murder of Sabeen Mehmood.
A counter-terrorism department (CTD) official confirmed on Thursday the arrest of Ali Rehman, an alleged accomplice in the murder of activist and T2F director, Sabeen Mahmud, and an absconder in the Safoora Goth attack.
Ali Rehman, alias Tona, is believed to be an accomplice of main accused Saad Aziz – the alleged mastermind of the attack on Sabeen Mahmud – and was declared an absconder in the Safoora attack case by an anti-terrorism court along with 10 others in December last year.
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