Pak jails 5 top army officers over links with banned outfit

August 04, 2012 11:35

A Pakistani military court has reportedly convicted five senior officers over links with a banned group.

The organisation they were linked with has not been revealed, but the officials have in the past identified it as Hizb ut-Tahrir, a British-based Islamic group.

According to the BBC, the most senior of the five, Brig Ali Khan, was handed a five-year prison sentence.

The others received sentences of 18 months to three years, the report said.

Brig Khan was arrested following the killing of Osama Bin Laden in a CIA raid in Pakistan last year.

He was initially charged with conspiring to overthrow the civilian government, but some charges were later dropped.

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