ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's military chief has confirmed demise sentences for 11 "hardcore terrorists" after military courts discovered them to blame of wearing out multiple assaults that killed 60 civilians and security forces in recent times.
In a remark on Saturday, the army stated Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa additionally licensed imprisonment for 3 other folks for their involvement in acts of terrorism. It says the 11 convicted Pakistani Taliban had killed 36 civilians and 24 troops in separate assaults in the country.
The trials are closed to the public but defendants are allowed to hire legal professionals.
Pakistan resumed military trials for militants and lifted a moratorium on the demise penalty after a 2014 assault on a college in Peshawar that killed greater than 150 other folks, mostly younger scholars.
In a remark on Saturday, the army stated Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa additionally licensed imprisonment for 3 other folks for their involvement in acts of terrorism. It says the 11 convicted Pakistani Taliban had killed 36 civilians and 24 troops in separate assaults in the country.
The trials are closed to the public but defendants are allowed to hire legal professionals.
Pakistan resumed military trials for militants and lifted a moratorium on the demise penalty after a 2014 assault on a college in Peshawar that killed greater than 150 other folks, mostly younger scholars.
Pakistan army chief confirms death sentences for 11 Taliban terrorists
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