*RAWALPINDI – Three Pakistan Army officers, whose punishment was confirmedby the army chief on May 30 on charges of spying, have been handed over tojail authorities, the ISPR DG said Saturday.*
Lt General (retd) Javed Iqbal was sentenced to 14 years rigorousimprisonment and Brigadier (retd) Raja Rizwan was sentenced to death.
Dr Wasim Akram, who was employed at a sensitive organisation, was alsoawarded the death penalty.
In a tweet, the ISPR DG said that the convicted officers were “immediatelyarrested upon intelligence about their involvement”.
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Major General Asif Ghafoor said that they remained under the military’scustody throughout their trials.
