RAWALPINDI – Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Bajwa has confirmed death sentences awarded to 11 hardcore terrorists, who were involved in attacks on a school, law-enforcement personnel and a civilian, the military’s media wing said in a press release.
The death sentences were ratified by Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Inter Services Public Relation (ISPR) announced on Friday. The terrorists, who were sentenced to death, ISPR said, were “involved in heinous offences related to terrorism, i.e. attacking Armed Forces/ Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan, destruction of educational institutions and killing of an innocent civilian”.
On the whole, they were involved in killing of 26 persons including a civilian and 25 Armed Forces/Frontier Constabulary/ Police Officials and injuring 22 others. Arms and explosives were also recovered from their possession. These convicts were tried by special military courts. Besides, 22 convicts have also been awarded imprisonment.
Those sentenced to death are Anwar Salam s/o Said Nazar; Irfan ul Haq s/o Dilbar; Sahib Zada s/o Akbar Zada; Nadir Khan s/o Ahmed; Izat Khan s/o Bashreen; Imtiaz Ahmed s/o Taj Muhammad; Ameer Zeb s/o Jahangir; Badshah Iraq s/o Muhammad Ishaq; Izhar Ahmed s/o Mukhtiar Ahmed; Akbar Ali s/o Shaiber Sahib; Muhammad Imran s/o Aziz Ur Rehman.
Most of the convicted terrorists belong to banned terrorist organisations.
