ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has signed the death warrants of four terrorists involved in the Army Public School.
According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the convicted terrorists included Maulvi Abdul Salam, Hazrat Ali, Mujeebur Rehman and Sabeel.
President Mamnoon Hussain on November 20 dismissed the mercy plea of four accused involved in Army Public School massacre in Peshawar.
President Mamnoon dismissed the plea of the accused over the recommendation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
It is pertinent to mention here that about 132 students among 141 people had been killed in the attack on Army Public School in Peshawar.
Earlier, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had recommended President Mamnoon Hussain on Thursday to dismiss the mercy pleas of four culprits involved in last year’s Army Public School attack that killed more than 140 children.
All four culprits were awarded death sentences by a military trial court however they filed mercy appeals with President Office.
According to a summary the prime minister has said that APS attack was an act of terrorism and those responsible for this must not be spared.
“Pakistan has changed after deadly militant attack and resolved to curb any type of terrorism,” Nawaz Sharif maintained.
