[DAWN] Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa endorsed punishment to two senior retired Army officers and one civil officer "on the charges of espionage/ leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies prejudice to the national security", a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations said on Thursday."The officers were tried under Pakistain Army Act (PAA) and Official Secret Act by separate Field General Court Marshal (FGCM) for separate cases," said the statement issued by the military's media wing.
The following details, quoted verbatim, list the names of the three individuals and the punishment accorded to them:
- Retired Lieutenant General Javed Iqbal — awarded 14 years rigorous imprisonment
- Retired Brigadier Raja Rizwan — awarded death sentence
- Doctor Wasim Akram (Employed at Sensitive Organisation) — awarded death sentence
- ISPR also released a video statement of Major General Asif Ghafoor confirming the arrest of the two officers and their court-marital.