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| Army chief endorses military courts' death verdicts |
| 2015-04-04 |
| [DAWN] The army said on Thursday that its chief Gen Raheel Sharif had ratified death sentence awarded to six Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain (TTP) murderous Moslems by military courts. "Army Chief confirms death sentence of six hardcore turbans tried by the recently established military courts," military front man Maj Gen Asim Bajwa said in a twitter posting. This is the first batch of turbans sentenced by the military courts. The military, however, did not disclose when the sentencing was done and in which case. Seven 'terrorists' affiliated with the TTP had been tried by the military courts in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... and six of them were given death sentence while the seventh was sentenced to life imprisonment. Those awarded death penalty were identified as Noor Saeed, Haider Ali, Murad Khan, Inayatullah, Israruddin and Qari Zahir. A convict identified by single name of Abbas got life sentence. Most of these turbans are at present detained in internment centres in tribal areas established under Actions in Aid of Civil Power Regulations, 2011. Although there was no mention of the terrorism incident in which the convicts were involved, the ISPR only disclosed the charges under which they had been tried. "Seven hardcore turbans were involved in committing heinous offences relating to terrorism, manslaughter, suicide kaboom, abduction for ransom and colossal damage to life and property," it said. The death and life sentences for the convicts were because "of the nature and gravity of offences" committed by them, the military's public affairs division said. The convicts, it said, had the right to appeal before a military court of appeals. |
| Posted by:Fred |