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Chief of Army Staff confirmed death sentences awarded to 14 hardcore terrorists, who were involved in heinous offences related to terrorism.

Rawalpindi - October 26, 2018

No PR-326/2018-ISPR

Today Chief of Army Staff confirmed death sentences awarded to 14 hardcore terrorists, who were involved in heinous offences related to terrorism, i.e. attacking Armed Forces/ Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan, killing of innocent civilians and destruction of educational institutions/ Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Hotel Malam Jabba, Swat. On the whole, they were involved in killing of 22 persons including 3 civilians, 19 Armed Forces/Frontier Constabulary/ Police Officials and injuring 23 others. Arms and explosives were also recovered from their possession. These convicts were tried by special military courts. Besides, 8 convicts have also been awarded imprisonment.
Detail of each case is as under:-
1. Rehman Ali S/O Hassan Ghani, Rehmat Ali S/O Sher Malik, Saif ur Rehman S/O Akbar Aman and Fazal Mabood S/O Fazal Rabi. All the convicts were members of proscribed organization. They were involved in destruction of an educational institution and attacking Armed Forces/Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan, which resulted in death of Naib Subedar Muhammad Hanif alongwith 7 soldiers, a civilian and injuries to 12 others. They were also found in possession of fire-arms and explosives. These convicts confessed their offences before the Magistrate and the trial court. They were awarded death sentence.
2. Irshad Ahmed S/O Mumtaz. The convict was a member of proscribed organization. He was involved in attacking Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan, which resulted in death of Sepoy Raza Khan. He was also involved in destruction of Pakistan Tourism Development Corporation (PTDC) Hotel Malam Jabba, Swat. The convict confessed his offences before the Judicial Magistrate and the trial court. He was awarded death sentence.
3. Afreen S/O Naseem. The convict was a member of proscribed organization. He was involved in attacking Armed Forces of Pakistan, which resulted in death of 5 soldiers and injuries to 7 others. He was also found in possession of fire-arms and explosives. The convict confessed his offences before the Judicial Magistrate and the trial court. He was awarded death sentence.
4. Ahmad Hussain S/O Qari Muhammad Zarif. The convict was a member of proscribed organization. He was involved in attacking Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan, which resulted in death of Naib Subedar Hussain Faraz alongwith 4 officials and injuries to 5 others. He was also found in possession of fire-arms. The convict confessed his offences before the Judicial Magistrate and the trial court. He was awarded death sentence.
5. Bacha Rehman S/O Masoom Jan. The convict was a member of proscribed organization. He was involved in attacking Armed Forces of Pakistan, which resulted in death of Havildar Muhammad Ilyas alongwith 4 soldiers and injuries to 6 others. He was also found in possession of fire-arms and explosives. The convict confessed his offences before the Judicial Magistrate and the trial court. He was awarded death sentence.
6. Muhammad Majeed Khan S/O Sanoubar. The convict was a member of proscribed organization. He was involved in killing of innocent civilians and attacking Armed Forces of Pakistan, which resulted in death of Sepoy Asif Mehmood and injuries to an officer alongwith 2 soldiers. He was also involved in destruction of Government Primary School Zangi, Swat and Pakistan Telecommunication Limited Exchange Tower. Moreover, he was found in possession of explosives as well. The convict confessed his offences before the Judicial Magistrate and the trial court. He was awarded death sentence.
7. Muhammad Aqil S/O Nawab Ali. The convict was a member of proscribed organization. He was involved in attacking Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan, which resulted in death of Assistant Sub Inspector Noor Zaman alongwith 4 officials and injuries to 5 others. He was also found in possession of fire-arms. The convict confessed his offences before the Judicial Magistrate and the trial court. He was awarded death sentence.
8. Saif Ullah S/O Muhammad Rafique. The convict was a member of proscribed organization. He was involved in destruction of Government Primary School Langar (Swat) and attacking Armed Forces of Pakistan, which resulted in death of Naik Ghulam Hassan, Sepoy Shoukat Ali and injuries to 2 other soldiers. He was also found in possession of fire-arms and explosives. The convict confessed his offences before the Judicial Magistrate and the trial court. He was awarded death sentence.
9. Muhammad Sher Ali Khan S/O Sher Afzal Khan. The convict was a member of proscribed organization. He was involved in attacking Law Enforcement Agencies of Pakistan, which resulted in death of Sepoy Raza Khan. The convict confessed his offences before the Judicial Magistrate and the trial court. He was awarded death sentence.
10. Muhammad Tariq S/O Ghulam Badshah. The convict was a member of proscribed organization. He was involved in attacking Armed Forces of Pakistan, which resulted in death of Naik Muhammad Suleman and injuries to another soldier. The convict confessed his offence before the Judicial Magistrate and the trial court. He was awarded death sentence.
11. Ali Rehman S/O Fazal Wahid. The convict was a member of proscribed organization. He was involved in attacking Armed Forces of Pakistan, which resulted in death of Sepoy Shoukat Ali and injuries to another soldier. The convict confessed his offence before the Judicial Magistrate and the trial court. He was awarded death sentence.

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