The Army appellate court on Friday rejected appeals of all seven men previously convicted in GHQ attack case, Exrpess News reported.
Earlier in a verdict delivered via a field general court martial on August 11, 2011, army sepoy Aqeel alias Dr Usman was sentenced to death, while another personnel Imran Siddiq was awarded life imprisonment. A fine of Rs 200,000 and Rs100,000 had been imposed on the two, respectively.
Dr Usman's counsel Tariq Asad said that they would appeal in the high court against the verdict.
Along with the two servicemen, their civilian accomplices included Khaliqur Rehman, Muhammad Usman, Wajid Ali, Muhammad Adnan and Tahir Shafiq. The first three have been sentenced to life imprisonment, while the other two have been given jail terms of 10 and seven years, respectively
The civilians have been convicted for assisting the attackers, helping them find their targets and inciting servicemen to wage war against the army.
On October 10, 2009, heavily-armed militants wearing suicide vests, mounted a brazen attack on General Headquarters Rawalpindi and held off army commandos for hours.
Nine of the attackers were killed in the operation while one was arrested after he was wounded. He was identified as Aqeel, aka Dr Usman.
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@Abdul Malik: Have you realized what the effect of this will be on your children? Are they any less brutalized that you have to punish them further?
Hang them at the front gate of the GHQ
Our civilian courts need to learn from military courts. These guys do their job swiftly and make sure that the sentence is carried out. That's what we need in Pakistan now, military courts. Kudos to the military judges for carrying out their jobs without any fear.
Can Army court try civilians
@afzaalkhan: @Pakistani: @Imran: @Abdul Malik:
Being a True Pakistani and Lover of my Homeland,, I agree with all of u my friends...
@Nadir: U can negotiate with some one who killed your family member. Let them be hanged in public for killing innocent muslims
Hold on, what about negotiating with them and giving peace a chance? Abb change kis taraan aiyee ga? :(
They must be hanged ASAP .......... All traitors to be dealt same way .........They should be hanged in Public
Yes he is a muslim and these guyz r murderers and traitors who need to be hanged. Anyone who thinks TTP is fighting for islam is crazy
@True Muslim paki shame on u too man.Agree with Afzal khan that guy needs to be executed as soon as possible.
@Afzal khan Shame on u. Are u a Muslim!