RAWALPINDI: Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa has confirmed death sentences of 10 “hardcore terrorists” who had been convicted by the military courts.
According to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement on Friday, besides these 10 terror convicts, three more were awarded imprisonment for varying periods.
The convicted militants on death row included Samiur Rahman, Azeem Khan, Arshad Bilal, Anwar Ali Muhammad Aleem, Fazal Aleem, Rasool Muhammad, Sohail Ahmed, Naimat Ullah, and Rahmat Ali.
The convicts were involved in terror activities, killing of innocent civilians, attacks on educational institutions, slaughtering of soldiers, and attacking the law enforcement agencies and armed forces of Pakistan.
In totality, these 10 terrorists were involved in killing 41 personnel while injuring 33. Caches of arms and explosives were also recovered from their possession. All of them had admitted their offences before the magistrate and the trial court.
SAMIUR RAHMAN AND AZEEM KHAN: The convicts were members of a proscribed organisation. They were involved in attacking the LEAs and armed forces, which resulted in the death of Major Muhammad Ihsan, nine soldiers, as well as two police officials and injuring 13 others. These convicts admitted their offences before the magistrate and the trial court.
ARSHAD BILAL AND ANWAR ALI: They were sentenced to death for involvement in attacks on the armed forces which resulted in the death of nine soldiers and injuries to nine more. Bilal and Ali were also involved in the destruction of the government school in Langer area of Swat.
MUHAMMAD ALEEM AND FAZAL ALEEM: They were involved in attacking the armed forces and LEAs, resulting in the death of four soldiers. They were also involved in the destruction of the Government Boys High School, Nangolai region of Swat.
RASOOL MUHAMMAD: He was convicted for killing four soldiers and abetting other terrorists in slaughtering a civilian Said Raheem, as well as Assistant Sub Inspector Irshad Ali, Head Constable Sarwar Ali Khan and Head Constable Sher Ahmed.
SOHAIL AHMED: Ahmed was involved in the killing of innocent civilians and assailing LEAs. He had killed killing three civilians, Sub Inspector Mustafa Khan, a constable of the police, injuring four others. He was also found in possession of explosives.
NAIMATULLAH: The convict was involved in attacking the armed forces, wherein he caused the death of two soldiers and injuries to four others.
RAHMAT ALI: The convict was involved in attacking the armed forces that resulted in the death of a soldier. He was also found in possession of firearms.
Pakistan had legalised military court trials of terror suspects for a period of two years in January 2015, soon after terrorists killed 144 people, mostly children, at Peshawar’s Army Public School (APS) .