ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court (SC) of Pakistan on Monday stayed the deathpenalty orders of three terrorists who were sentenced to death by amilitary court.
This was directed by Justice Azamat Saeed while conducting a hearing pleasfiled in the SC against the death penalty orders for these threeterrorists, namely Shafaqat, Sabir Shah and Muhammad Liaqat.
He said that the death penalty orders of the military courts will besuspended until any further notification, and adjourned the proceedingsindefinitely.
Muhammad Liaqat was allegedly involved in a fatal attack on a journalist,while Sabir Shah and Shafaqat were sentenced to death over the murder ofAdvocate Arshad Ali in Lahore.
Earlier, a military court had sentenced all three of them to death.