ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan has given interim verdict in therelease of 68 terror convicts.
SC has suspended the Peshawar High Court verdict on Friday, to set asideconvictions of 68 suspected militants, most of whom were awarded deathsentence by military courts.
Earlier, Peshawar High Court had declared void the convictions of the saidsuspects in terrorism-related cases, and ordered their release.
A Supreme Court bench today heard an appeal challenging the high court’sjudgment.
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During the hearing, the additional attorney general argued that thePeshawar High Court did not examine the facts properly. He contended thatthe suspects were involved in serious crimes, including terrorism.
