LAHORE: Two convicts sentenced by military courts for their of involvement in “terrorist attacks”, were hanged at a high-security prison in Sahiwal on Thursday morning, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement said.
Prison Superintendent Chaudhry Naveed Ashraf said Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif signed the death warrants for Obaidullah and Sohail two days ago.
Military courts awarded the death sentence to Obaidullah on April 7, 2015, and Sohail on August 15, 2015, the ISPR statement added.
ISPR earlier provided the following details about the convicts:
Obaid Ullah s/o Mohammad Azam Baloch: The convict was an active member of Harkatul Jehad-i-Islami. He involved in attacking armed forces personnel in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), which resulted in the death of two soldiers and injuries to 18 others, possession of a suicide jacket, fire arms, explosives and fabricating a huge quantity of explosives.
He admitted his offences before the magistrate and the trial court. He was tried on six charges and awarded death sentence.
Mohammad Sohail s/o Zahoor Ahmed: The convict was an active member of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). He was found involved in an attack on armed forces personnel in KP which resulted in injuries to soldiers.
He was also involved in abetting an attack on Bannu jail, owing to which a large number of terrorists managed to escape and resulted in injuries to two police constables and a soldier of the Frontier Constabulary (FC).
He admitted his offences before the magistrate and the trial court. He was tried on three charges and awarded death sentence.
