Peshawar High Court halted death sentence of military court convict

Peshawar High Court halted death sentence of military court convict

*PESHAWAR: *Peshawar high court on Wednesday halted the scheduled execution of a man, who had been sentenced to death by a military court for committing terrorism after the sentence was challenged.

The court directed the Defence Ministry to produce the complete record of the case at the next hearing of the case.

A two-judge bench of the Peshawar High Court (PHC), comprising Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, heard on Wednesday a petition submitted by Israr Ahmad, a resident of Kabal tehsil in Swat.