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MULTAN: An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on Tuesday sentenced four militants to death 11 times for their involvement in the attack on an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) office, while another was sentenced to 25 years in jail.
Abdul Rahim, Salman, Sajjad and Muhammad Afzal were sentenced to death, while Aijaz was sentenced to 25 years in jail for providing logistical support to militants.
Threats had previously forced seven judges to avoid the case. But on Tuesday, a judge moved ahead with sentencing.
The convicts had been arrested in 2009 in connection with the attack on the ISI office in Multan. The attack on December 8, 2009 had left 15 people dead and the office severely damaged.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had last month lifted the moratorium on death penalty after the Taliban attacked the army-run school in Peshawar, which killed 150 people, mostly schoolchildren.
Since then, at least 13 terror convicts have been executed.
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But not Qadri who sits sacrosanct, protected by the mullah-mindset of the government. Justice for the Taseer family. If not now then when will the government ever have the courage to execute that varmin?
"What do you sow, so shall you reap".
While attacking the ISI office, the terrorists would have never thought that when they will be arrested, they will be awarded capital punishment by the court of law.
One should think twice before taking law in his own hands.
The same fate will be met by all terrorists who so ever were involved in subversive activities against the state.