Army chief ratifies death sentence of 12 terror convicts
Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday confirmed the death sentences of 12 ‘hardcore’ terrorists involved in ‘heinous’ offences, a press release issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
The 12 have been sentenced for attacking armed forces personnel, law enforcement agencies, destroying educational institutions, telephone exchanges and killing innocent civilians. The convicts were are also involved in attacks on Bannu and Dera Ismail Khan’s jails.
COAS confirms death sentence for 11 hardcore terrorists
In total, the convicts are involved in the killing of 99 people including seven civilians and 92 security and police officials and injuring more than 50 others. Arms and explosives were also recovered from them. All of them were tried by the special military courts.
All 12 confessed in trial courts and were handed death sentences after.
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