Pak army chief confirms death sentences for 12 militants

February 11, 2016 20:28

Pakistan's powerful army chief Gen Raheel Sharif today confirmed death sentences given to 12 hardcore terrorists, including a top Pakistani Taliban

militant, by military courts for committing "heinous offences".

The terrorists were found guilty of committing series of terror attacks in the country, including attacks on security forces and a jail, the army said in a statement.

"Today, Chief of Army Staff confirmed death sentences awarded to another 12 hardcore terrorists, who were involved in committing heinous offences relating to terrorism," it said.

The terrorists were tried by military courts set up on December 16, 2014 after Taliban attack on a school in the northwestern city of Peshawar that killed 150 people, mostly children.

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