Terrorism charges: Three high profile cases sent to military courts

RAWALPINDI: The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) has referred three high-profile terrorism cases to higher authorities with the recommendation for trial in military courts, sources in the department told the Daily Express on Sunday.

The cases which have been referred to military courts included the murder of Punjab Home Minister Col (retd) Shuja Khanzada.

He was killed along with 17 others in a suicide attack on his political office in Shadi Khan village, Attock on August 16, 2015.

Banned outfit Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed responsibility for the attack.

Qasim Muavia, a member of the banned outfit was arrested on charges of his role in the killing of Khanzada.

The other case is the recovery of huge quantity of explosives and detonators.

The CTD of the Punjab Police arrested Aqeel Khalid, alias Abu Bakar, who belongs to Jaish-e-Muhammad in September 2015 and recovered the explosives and detonators from his possession in Rawalpindi.

Qari Tahseen, another member of a banned outfit, is facing charges for killing an official of the CTD, a retired army man in Taxila.

The two cases are being heard by an anti-terrorism court inside Adiala jail.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 1^st, 2016.