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Supreme Court suspends death penalty of top terrorist awarded by military court

Supreme Court suspends death penalty of top terrorist awarded by military court

ISLAMABAD : The Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the death sentence ofBacha Khan University attack’s mastermind.

A two-judge bench headed by Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed summoned thecomplete record of the case from the military court.

Hearing of the case has been adjourned for an indefinite period.

However, it is pertinent to mention that a military court had awarded adeath sentence to Akbar Ali earlier.

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At least 22 people were killed as terrorists armed with ammunition andbombs targeted Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP)on January 20.

However, five facilitators of the Charsadda attack had been arrested onJanuary 23, 2016 out of which four were presented in front of the media.

Taliban commander Umer Mansoor and his deputy Zakir were the main culpritsbehind the attack, according to Director General Inter-Services PublicRelations (DG ISPR).