Nine TTP affiliates get 10 years in prison

The accused were arrested from Rawalpindi in January 2009, with a huge cache of weapons and explosives.

RAWALPINDI: A civil court in Rawalpindi on Tuesday sentenced nine affiliates of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to ten years in prison.

The nine were arrested from Rawalpindi in January 2009, and a huge cache of weapons and explosives was also seized from them.

The culprits were also involved in the killing of Surgeon General Pakistan, Lt General Mushtaq Baig.

Lt General Baig, along with seven other people, died when a suicide bomber struck his car on the Mall Road, near military headquarters in Rawalpindi on February 25, 2008.

The court also ordered authorities to confiscate moveable and immoveable property of the accused, who were also charged with giving refuge to suicide bombers.