COAS ratifies death penalties of 12 hard core terrorists

COAS ratifies death penalties of 12 hard core terrorists

RAWALPINDI: (APP) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Shareef on Thursday ratified death sentences of 12 terrorists who were convicted of serious terrorist attacks.

These 12 terrorists were accused of terror plots and attacks on security forces, schools and other government and military installations. All terrorists were sentenced to death in military courts over serious terrorist acts.

Convicted terrorists include Asif, Shahadat and Yasin from Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Qayyum Bacha, Muhammad Ayaz, Syed Akbar, Tayyab from TTP while Aziz-ur-Rehman, Hasan Dar, Ishaq and Behram Sher had also been sentenced to death penalties.

The terrorists were involved in attacking security personnel and civilians, the ISPR said.